Sam leaned over his desk and pointed to the calendar hanging on the office wall. “Why don’t we have something set up for Friday?”
Zoe sighed. “Honestly, because people are a little hesitant to let the mayor come see how their operations work. They don’t see it as you wanting to reach out to them. They see it as you wanting to spy on them.”
“But how can I help our city reach its potential if I don’t know our community?” Sam sat in his high-backed chair with a heavy thud. “I want to understand the people who helped elect me. I want to understand their concerns and the things that a politician usually doesn’t get to see.”
Zoe sat on the edge of his desk and smiled. “Which is why they think you are trying to spy on them.”
Sam rubbed his face and stretched his long legs under the desk. “Fin
