FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground.The oddball idea of pet ma
Vermont town elects goat and dog as mayor to help fund playground
That’s a doggone good way to raise money.
A town in Vermont that’s elected both a goat and a dog to serve as its honorary mayor in recent years is using the unusual initiative to help renovate a 32-year-old playground.
The town of Fair Haven heavily features the animal mayors in fundraisers, with money going toward fixing up the playground.
First, a goat named Lincoln was elected mayor in 2018, and a dog named Murphee has since taken over the job.
“When I was talked into putting Murfee up to run, I thought, easy-peasy, we’ll get some T-shirts, we’ll go to the Spring Fling, we’ll sell some shirts and raise some money,” the Cavalier King Charles spaniel’s owner, Linda Barker, told the Rutland Herald.
Political animals: Dog, goat mayors in Vermont raise thousands of dollars for playground
Lincoln the goat helped raise $10,000 for playground renovations, but successor Murfee, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, has raised the bar. Author: Associated Press Updated: 3:04 PM PST January 17, 2021
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Editor s note: The related video above was published Nov. 3.
A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground.
The oddball idea of pet mayor elections to raise money to rehabilitate the playground and to help get local kids civically involved came from a local town manager.