so, i am a proud alum of waubonsee community college, named after the pottawatommi chief. about 50 mi w of chi in sugar grove, il.
he is my candidate to replace ole chris columbus now that we have toppled him.
the school has an extensive collection in the library of all kinds of stuff. and they have a huge oil of him in the stairway. he was a handsome devil.
a fun fact about me- my only elected office was student trustee at wcc. i was the 1st. i campaigned on a better student health insurance plan. i couldnt improve it, but we did get the price down a bit.
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in 2012, i faced my second actual election. i had been appointed then re-elected by acclimation several times to the board of 49th ward dems. we never had more candidates than seats.
but that year, we had 13 candidates for 12 seats. i was second on the ballot, after an irish kid who had just joined. we joked about being shoe ins.
but our guest speaker that night was lisa madigan, the ag. she had done something that pissed off the teachers. so, half the ppl there were ppl we never saw.
well, during the meet and greet, i chatted up a nun, a regular. the longtime catholic hs had been turned into a spanish language charter. we also have a math and science charter here that was on the us news list a year 2 ago.
so, i am a charter school supporter. i raised 5 crazy geniuses in the city. been in every part of the system. one size does not fit all.
so, a teacher started spouting the standard talking points at me, and i countered w my experiences. he said- well, um, who told you your kid was gifted.
i ran right out of fucks. guess who got voted off the island?
i'm sure some of those ppl werent actually eligible to vote. but...
i actually laughed my ass off when they told me.
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