His skills as both a farmer, municipal worker and as an army officer were well regarded.

Nevertheless, they still draw sighs from longtime residents, retired municipal workers and surfers, who bought trailers decades ago because a proper home was out of reach.

Municipal workers have been diverted from their usual tasks to festoon the city with hundreds of thousands of blue lights, the colour of her political party.

But by 4.30pm, the hour that municipal workers go home, the other two lorries had not arrived.

If necessary, the municipal workers will record the amount of water they used, or use a meter.