Slobodan Vugrinec, the former mayor of Motovun, has been kicked out of the municipal council, where he has been in the opposition ever since he lost the last elections to Tomislav Pahović, the current mayor. Why? Vugrinec has lived in Vrsar, a small town on the western coast of Istria, for many years, but he has kept his address in Motovun, where he grew up. According to the Croatian law, he has no place in the administration of Motovun as an inhabitant of Vrsar. How is it possible that he has served three four-year terms as mayor of the hilltown, as well as more than a year in the council? To the best of my understanding, it took quite some effort to prove that his Motovun address was false. The police had to look for him several times in a row in both places to establish that he was actually lying about his address. Every single inhabitant of Motovun knows that Vugrinec lives in Vrsar, but it has still taken close to fourteen years to establish this simple fact. As well as to connect it to his political machinations. Well, this is Istria. Someone from the leadership of the leading political party on the peninsula, the Istrian Democratic Assembly, wanted Vugrinec in Motovun, and that someone was high enough in the party hierarchy to make the impossible happen. The false address was all it took, too. Would that this were the end of the story, though. It will take a few more years to learn about all the former mayor’s shenanigans. As for the shenanigans of the leadership of the Istrian Democratic Assembly, it will take a few more decades. My guess would be that most of what we are yet to learn will have to do with two posh sports of vital interest to the leading party: golf and polo. Live and learn.