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Shoes, a beloved brother, friend, and trusted Comrade posted the following warning to mayors/councillors in our WhatsApp group and I thought I should share with you my dear friends: "The day is coming when the blue lights will fall silent, the sirens will cease their song, and the official vehicles will no longer wait outside your gate. The drivers who once hurried at your command will return to their ordinary duties, and the security officers who walked beside you will no longer be your constant shadow. Oh, dear mayors, how swiftly the seasons change. Yesterday, you were escorted like royalty, your arrival announced before your footsteps touched the ground. Tomorrow, you may find yourself standing in the very same queues as the people you once passed without a second glance. Such is the nature of power: it lends you wings for a season, then gently reminds you that you were always human. Never confuse the office with your identity, nor the convoy with your significance. The blue lights were borrowed, the sirens were temporary, and the title was never yours to keep forever. When the keys are handed over and the official doors close behind you, what remains is the person beneath the suit, stripped of protocol, privilege, and prestige. Some will discover that the crowds they mistook for admirers were merely spectators of authority. Others will learn that respect earned through position often departs with the position itself. So, to those preparing to leave the mayoral office, enjoy your final days in the convoy, but remember this: when the blue lights disappear, your true worth will not be measured by how many vehicles followed you, but by how many lives you touched and how many hearts still remember you. Titles fade. Convoys depart. Sirens eventually fall silent. Yet a legacy built on humility, service, integrity, and kindness endures long after the symbols of power have vanished. In the end, people rarely remember the privileges you enjoyed. They remember how you treated them, how you served them, and whether your leadership made their lives better. That is the only escort that follows you long after the convoy is gone."