At the grand age of 100 Lisel Heise – a retired teacher – has been elected to the town council of Kirchheimbolanden – a quaint community with a population of 8,000. Lisel’s passion for politics was turbocharged after her mic was cut off during a plea to reopen an outdoor pool a few years before she turned 100. “When I started out, some people really didn’t want to listen to me apparently — they even pulled the plug!” she told publication thelocal.de. There is a tendency in politics to favour the car industry and that’s counterproductive,” she said. The living room of the eight-times great grandmother includes an extensive book display as well as a volume of photos of Barack Obama.

Source: The Local July 26, 2019 10:41 UTC