The Witch Is Dead!

Ding dong, the witch is dead. The wicked witch. The wicked old witch. Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead!

Senegal has recently experienced its annual election season for every public office in the land. And I am BEYOND elated to spread the news far and wide that the former Communitaire Rurale in my area (who shall remain nameless because even typing his name makes me feel nauseous) has been DEFEATED!!!!!!!

Now, one might question why I would care about such a position, and the truth is that in many ways I don't. Except that he is hands down, without question or reservation the single most awful person I have met in this country, and I would have to search the very depths of my heart and conscience to feel bad if he accidentally fell in front of a quickly-moving bus.

I know, that sounds rather harsh, but he was the bane of my existence for far too much of my service. His position gave him the leverage to make the health poste in my vcillage a reality quickly, but because I removed all avenues through which he could steal money, he has made every attempt to thwart my efforts. I live in a society that avoids confrontation at all costs, but even so I have been warned about his sneaky, slimy ways by villagers, teachers, my counterparts and even other local officials (who shall also remain nameless) since I first arrived. He was no doubt one of the people who stole money from the health poste initially, along with every other project he could get his hands on, and his lifestyle would legitimize that theory.

But his ego got too big even for himself! My road town just elected a new mayor and he relinquished his position as the long-standing Communitaire Rurale to run for the new Mayor position... AND HE LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That means he has NO PUBLIC JOB, NO INFLUENCE and no way to make MY LIFE or the lives of my villagers any harder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I fully acknowledge that I should not find so much enjoyment in another's misfortune, but he had it coming and I am so proud of voters for finally cutting the fat. Today is a good day.
And the snake can now slither into his hole and stay there. We've got work to do!