Hick Gets a Call From the Mayor

Saturday evening, Hick reported that he had gotten a call from the Mayor of Bargain House Town. It's also the town where the Double Hovel flip house(s) is located just a few blocks away.

"The Mayor called me to say that the city sidewalk for Bargain House will be repaired once the new budget kicks in. They've already used up all their money for this year, but the fiscal year starts in July. So they'll fix the sidewalk at Bargain House after that."

"The Mayor called you on a SATURDAY?"

"Yeah."

"That seems odd. That's all he said?"

"He asked if we were having any luck with the flip houses. I told him it was under contract, and that we're closing on Monday. He said that was good."

"Heh, heh! He was REALLY calling you to check on the flip house! Because he doesn't want any money from his new budget going to the city lawyer to fight splitting that flip house property! I don't know why he would consider it so important just to call you about repairing a city sidewalk."

"Maybe. But I told him that getting the sidewalk fixed would really help us with the value of Bargain House when we go to sell it."

That Hick! Such a rumpus-kisser. I can't imagine a sidewalk being THAT important. Hick had led me to believe that it is the front sidewalk. But now he says it's the SIDE sidewalk. Hick is not a good communicator. Here's the sidewalk he's talking about:

It doesn't look all that bad to me. If I was buying this house, the side sidewalk maintained by the city would not be on my radar. 

Anyhoo... I guess the Mayor reeled in the information he was fishing for. It doesn't affect anything we have planned. Hick is not as suspicious as ex-teacher Val, who is adept at sensing ulterior motives.