Local elected official is a thankless job, but someone has to do it - despite the sleepless nights

My grandfather ran for the prestigious position of school board director in 1946 for Independent School District No. 35 – otherwise known as the Buhl-Kinney Board of Education.
It was reported that 1,080 voters cast their ballots in that election, and, in the end, he received the most votes (492). According to a newspaper story in the Buhl Herald, his victory set him up to earn a “lushy $1,800 three-year term.”
The idea that $1,800 is “lushy” seems a little absurd today but a quick Google search shows that after adjusting for inflation, that amount of money in 1946 is equal to the buying power of $25,761 in 2021.
He hit the jackpot, I suppose, considering the price of things then.

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