"Let's head down to Town Square. I hear the mayor's supposed to be giving some kind of address today," Zack suggested.
Piper let out a gagging sound, indicating what she thought of the idea. Zack frowned, and opened his mouth to respond when Dakota interjected, shouting "Sounds good! Let's go!" Dakota hadn't known Piper and Zack long, but she knew them well enough that if she let them start arguing, they were going to be standing there for half the day accomplishing nothing. So, with only some complaining from Piper, they set off to town square.
As they made their down down the streets of Daven's Port, the conversation naturally turned to the mayor in question, one Dina Donahue. It consisted mainly of Zack telling the girls about her; Dakota was new to the area and Piper never really paid attention to politics.
"There's a lot of odd rumors about her," Zack said. "Stories about backroom deals and trading favors. Nothing that the press has ever been able to prove, of course. And she's pretty popular with a lot of folks in town, so those stories tend to be overlooked. One thing you can say about Mayor Donahue: she knows how to play politics."
Finally, they made it to town square, located right smack dab in front of City Hall. A lot of people were already gathered there, congregating around a podium that had been set up on the steps of City Hall. A few members of the local news stations had cameras rolling, along with a van belonging to the local radio station that Dakota had turned into a few times. The air was saturated with a thousand different conversations, as people waited for the meeting to start.
Finally, not too long after Dakota and friends had arrived, the meeting began with Mayor Donahue walking out of the front doors of City Hall. The first thing that Dakota noted about the mayor was that she was short. Dakota was pretty sure that she was taller than Dina Donahue (or rather, she would be if the mayor wasn't wearing high heels). The mayor was wearing a blue dress jacket-and-skirt contrasted her blonde hair well. The outfit couldn't hide an impressive bust and wide hips, but it didn't really emphasize them either.
The crowd started to applaud and cheer as they watched her approach the podium. She waved, and shouted something that Dakota couldn't hear over the cheering. It was probably "thank you," Dakota thought. Finally, the cheering died down, and Mayor Donahue began to make an announcement.
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