Dugtown Mayoral Election Results: Ridgerunner Requests Unique Salary

After an unfortunate series of events involving squeeblins, the former mayor of Dugtown calmly resigned Monday morning saying, "GETTHEMOFFGETTHEMOFFGETTHEMOFF!" as he ran into the sunset. Locals say they tried to warn him about raising taxes but alas, Mayor Carpenter did not listen to their advice, which led him to being chased out of town by a hoard of deranged squeeblins. No one knows for sure who released such a hoard but I believe it's safe to say that Mayor Carpenter will not be missed.

In response to the mayor's resignation, an election was held in the Skreen town of Dugtown last week to determine who would be the next mayor. There were three candidates running: Sally Flagglehorn (concerned goat herder and mother of four), Duke Skiddlywick (bewildered storm chaser and father of three feral cats), and Hamilton Nuisance the 3rd (focused fruit lover and father of no one). Mr. Nuisance won in a landslide. Really, a landslide took out the other competition; no one actually voted for Mr. Nuisance but he was the only candidate left standing.

Upon taking his seat as mayor this morning, Mayor Nuisance had an odd request. As all citizens of Dugtown know, the common way to pay the mayor is through currency. However, Mr. Nuisance politely/rudely insisted that his payments as Mayor would be converted from currency into fruit, as that's all he would be using his money to buy anyway.

The citizens of Dugtown were surprisingly happy once they understood this meant they would have lower taxes from now on and there hasn't been a complaint since.

Congratulations, Mayor Nuisance on becoming mayor! Please don't bankrupt my house if I can't pay you the grapes you wanted next month...