How We Choose Our Mayor

We don’t have a human mayor here on Orcas Island. It can be a dog, a cat, a whale, a donkey, just about anything. Our current mayor is Tinker, a rabbit. (Lucky us, he’s our neighbor.)

Tinker’s loyal caretakers are Wendy Shinstine and her son, Douglas, pictured here.

Soon, we islanders will choose a new honorary mayor by voting with our dollars, which supports Orcas Island Children’s House. There are stores all over the island with little voting “booths.”

Here are the current candidates.

To see more of our famous leporine before he hands over his position to a lucky canine in July, visit his Facebook page here, complete with the cutest videos you’ll ever see of a mayor.

2 Comments:

  1. Tinker has really enjoyed his term as Mayor. He hopes to see everyone over the 4th of July celebrations …but not during fireworks. He and his two little rescue sidekicks will be secured away from the noice with their favorite music playing loud enough to mask the noise. Thank you for article Edee! We support the Children’s House and all they do for kiddos in our community.

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