Cash-Strapped Mayor Puts Town Hall Up For Sale

Yantarny Mayor Alexei Zalivatsky is a real ideas man. The mayor of the small Russian coastal town wanted to avoid taking on more debt and so offered up the best asset he had besides his budgeting skills: town hall. The building is 10,128 square feet of luxury that Zalivatsky muses would make a great hotel and help his administration make a quick buck. The government building will be sold at auction, but in the meantime, Zalivatsky has to figure out where he will house his staff. In response to so many people questioning his plan, the mayor suggested they could all work on the beach. We think he was joking, but then again people thought he was joking when he said he’d sell town hall.