Politics
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Notes on Poll Watching: Witness to Election Integrity in Chicago
The American election process has integrity. There are simply no significant examples of ballot tampering, anywhere. Earlier this year, I volunteered four times as a ballot watcher for the campaign of Eileen Burke, the Democratic nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney. I observed transparent processes, thorough and serious people, and a fair system for determining…
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Eileen O’Neill Burke for State’s Attorney
For weeks now, I’ve been working on behalf of Eileen O’Neill Burke for Cook County State’s Attorney, and I wanted to share more broadly my thinking on this important race. I was a 2-time voter and supporter of Kim Foxx, our current Cook County State’s Attorney, and I think she has done a great job.…
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Vote “yes” to Bring Chicago Home
Bring Chicago Home is a binding referendum on the March 2024 ballot where voters get to decide whether to authorize Chicago city council members to restructure the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT), a one-time tax on properties when they are sold to create a substantial and legally dedicated revenue stream to provide permanent affordable housing…
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Our Boilerplate
In December 1994, I published an eight-part verse essay called, “Boilerplate: Koreshians, Potential Rioters, and Bureaucratic Complicity in American Self-Destruction”, subtitled, “Being a List of 8 Ways in Which the Dead at Waco are a Lot Like the Rest of Us”. Here’s more info on the book we published, with a snip: Boilerplate was first published…
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King Von, John Lewis, 10 minutes & 17 miles in the American South
I’ve wrriten personal essays over the years that meld my life into the current moment.