The last elections brought the best and worst of mice and men. Only three days before Monday’s elections, outgoing City Mayor Dan Lim went ballistic spewing venom against anybody in sight whom he considered as his sworn political enemy. Not even innocent bystanders like this BGlante was spared from the hot lava that cascaded out from the mouth of his volcanic temper. Which prompted us to ask what have we done to merit such ugly bombast coming from an individual whom we regarded as a close friend. There’s only one compelling explanation (he must be that desperate) why he was uncontrollable in his emotions even at a time when he was supposed to appeal to the better judgment of the electorate as they were poised to make an informed choice among the so-called servants to-be seeking public recognition. Anyway, Mayor Lim, at the time that he was at his worst element, got his comeuppance in the worst drubbing in his checkered political career.

Not only was he suffered the worst political defeat he can imagine, innocent players like his good-natured wife Dr. Sharleen and elder brother, the unassuming, Dr. Abe, were trounced badly in the polls apparently because of Mayor Lim’s undoing in handling city hall affairs. The outgoing mayor’s worst nightmare was the victory of his nephew who was pilloried without let-up in the run up to Monday’s elections even to the point of washing dirty family linen in public. Baba Yap although his closest rival was lawyer Dodong Gonzaga, Yap’s victory was made more sweeter because there were reports that Lim’s camp campaign line in the last two minutes of the elections was “anybody but Baba”. In a desperate bid to junk Baba Yap out of contention in the city mayoralty, the Lim camp reportedly campaigned to frustrate his nephew’s bid, that they’d rather prefer Gonzaga rather than the ambitious young upstart. But the Lord must have His own way of settling scores among warring siblings. Baba Yap won the elections by the skin of his teeth living behind his uncle and his handler biting the dust. The dust of the last elections have since settled for good. Until the next three years where the people will savor the kind of leaders they have put into office. To the victors, belong the spoils and the vanquished, better luck next time.