THE popular mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini faces so much pressure from politicians and businesspeople that she was rumored to have considered resigning. The fi nal straw seemed to have been the selection of her deputy without consulting her. What pressures plague this reformist, who has begun to be seen as potential presidential material? What’s behind the tension between her and her new deputy? And can they govern Surabaya, the provincial capital known as the City of Heroes?