Blanca Figueroa, the mayor of South El Monte, California, is one hardworking woman. In fact, you can often find her working in her office till the wee hours. Figueroa said that a mayor's work is never done, but her fellow council members think that she's actually living in her office!
"The mayor has been living at City Hall for the last eight months," said City Councilman Hector Delgado, who added of her office, "Does it look like a professional office or does it look like somebody's bedroom?"
Delgado has been leading an effort to limit the amount of time Figueroa can spend at the office. He says he has surveillance video that shows Figueroa there at night, kicking back, cooking dinner and watching Mexican soap operas.
Kate Linthicum of The Los Angeles Times has the story: Link - via Super Punch
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If this mayor is LIVING in her office this means one of 2 things:
1)she is such a screw up as a mayor, and her budget is SOOOOOOO off balance that she had to remove herself from the payroll to help keep her city from going bankrupt.
or
2) she is so flipping insane that she doesnt WANT her own living space.
Im sorry, its just inappropriate. You might have a nice face that can get votes, but are you mentally capable of being the mayor of a city?
My guess for her is no.
I do wonder if Councilman Hector Delgado is spending his time wisely, though. Did he use city funds to videotape the mayor?? Isn't there something better he could be doing with his time??
Counsilman Hector Delagado is responsible for internal affairs. Yes thats an efficient use of time, maybe because he heard that people are uncomfortable because they feel like they are walking into a bedroom, not a mayors office?
You cant rent out a store in a strip mall and live there. You cant get elected as mayor and just live in the office. Them's the facts. If a mayor is illegally living in her office, id hope a counsil person is there to document and report it!
It doesn't evoke a professional atmosphere at all, and would make me think she got evicted/couldn't afford to pay rent, which is obviously something I wouldn't want in a Mayor.