After watching Catherine put on professional attire, gradually grow fond of her work as a city councilor, and become part of it, Lin Qi left.
A councilor's work was not very specific. Catherine had won by promoting Education Reform, so most of her responsibilities concerned education.
Sabine City's current education system was no different from that of the rest of the Federal Government, and there was no university locally, so her work was relatively easy.
She only needed to mediate conflicts between students and schools, address the schools' demands, handle some issues herself, or pass them directly to the mayor.
If one had to compare this profession to something, it was perhaps a deputy mayor.
Her job was to help the mayor handle these specialized matters within the scope of her authority.
In fact, being a councilor was not easy. The difficult part was that being a city councilor was a "money-losing" job.
City councilors had to meet certain working-hour requirements, working a minimum number of days each year.
Because the pay was relatively low, many city councilors actually held the position part-time.
They had other respectable jobs. Most of Catherine's "colleagues" were lawyers, teachers, or business owners, and the unsuccessful candidates were the same.
To them, being a councilor was simply another title.
Sabine City was not large, and it had no particularly pronounced social conflicts, so local city councilors were required to work at least ninety days a year.
So how did one determine whether a person was working?
If people could find a councilor in their office, that counted as working.
There was a sign outside every councilor's office. Besides the councilor's name, it also listed their working hours.
Which days of the week they worked, and from what time to what time.
Catherine had one advantage