A Visit with the Mayor

On Thursday of our second week we were fortunate enough to be able to meet and chat with the Mayor of Rafaela, Omar Perotti, in his office. His children attend La Escuela de la Plaza. He asked us about our impressions of Rafaela and Argentina, how techonolgy is used at Westminster, and the US economy. Our students did a great job of responding in Spanish to his questions. I was very impressed! An obviously intelligent and capable man, Mr. Perroti was first mayor of Rafaela in 1994 at the age of 31 and is now on his third term. He worked as the mininster of finance for the province and at the Inter American Bank in Washington between his mayoral terms. After our visit we went to the roof of the municipality building where his office is, to get a better view of the city. We then visited the local historical museum. It´s not every day you get to have an audience with the mayor so we felt privileged.