The past of Kfar Saba mayor's wife: "She was a real neighborhood, she got him into the..."

Veteran employees from Hod HaSharon municipality, who knew Rafi and Mital Sa'ar, describe the arrest of the Kfar Saba mayor and his wife in a corruption case. Alongside appreciation for Rafi Sa'ar as a CEO, they sharply criticize Mital Sa'ar's conduct, describe a change in her over the years, and raise suspicion that she dragged him into the affair.

Veteran employees from Hod HaSharon municipality, who knew Rafi Sa'ar and his wife Mital from their time working there, describe their arrest in a serious corruption case. Alongside great appreciation for Rafi Sa'ar, whom they describe as a respected CEO, a man of the people who speaks plainly, they sharply criticize Mital Sa'ar's conduct. The employees say that at work she was "a real neighborhood," and note a noticeable change in her over the years, especially after she became the mayor's wife. They claim she attached great importance to her new status, and even quote a correspondence in which she objected to being addressed by her first name instead of the title "mayor's wife." The harshest criticism concerns the suspicion that she dragged Rafi Sa'ar into the affair: "If the details and suspicions turn out to be true, our assessment is that she got him deeply involved in an affair where greed for money was running the show." A veteran employee adds that it is hard for her to ignore the personal and family price, and expresses concern for Sa'ar's children who may bear the social cost. Despite the harsh words, she hopes the suspicions will prove unfounded. The article ends with a sense of shock among the employees, who see the humane and professional manager they knew as a person now involved in a serious affair.