On November 11th we will have the municipal elections, all over the country.
In my home city (which isn't Haifa), we have the same mayor for about 40 years, maybe a little more. And he is really good at his job.
In addition, we have a municipal scholarships coordinator, who also volunteers for this mayor's campaign, and she asked me to help her. And I went skiing with some of his kids via a municipal youth exchange delegation, and we stayed sort of mates.
All this, and my personal believe that he is the better candidate, was enough to make me come and volunteer a little at his election headquarters for couple of hours: