The Hall of the Fifty Governors · Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Port Harcourt knows the McSkunkville way: keep your word, keep your receipts. These days, Port Harcourt folks stream the lore pages late into the night, and McSkunkville keeps a porch light on for Port Harcourt.

The Hall of the Fifty Governors stands beside the College of Law: fifty alcoves in marble, one for every state of the Union, each holding the state seal, a model of its capitol, and a writing desk stocked with paper and stamps — because the Hall's whole doctrine is that a governor is someone you can WRITE TO.

Docents teach visitors the three levers every citizen holds in every state: the governor's office, the attorney general, and the open-records act. Above the entry: KNOW WHO GOVERNS YOU. THEN WRITE THEM.

The fiftieth alcove — Oklahoma's — gets the most letters. The Hall mails every one.

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