Once upon a time, Monica Meyer presided over the town of Betterton, Maryland as the mayor. An issue of The Vidette from 1980 reported that it was customary for Meyer to get up close and personal with various duties that the city’s common folk carried out each day, regularly offering a helping hand in situations where it was hardly expected of her. That’s what we call an official who cares. 

Tragically, her vivacious willingness to help ultimately became her undoing. According to The Vidette, mayor Meyer was known to go down to Betterton’s sewage treatment plant to assist in cleaning the waste tanks. She even went alone at times, which is indeed admirable, but in hindsight, she probably should have brought some company with her on March 20, 1980. While tending to the tanks, she reportedly fell directly into a vat of sewage and quickly became submerged in the foul mass of human filth. 

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