Around Town – July 7

July 7, 2021

• July 7

Orchids to …

• progressives for making sure voting is easily accessible for all eligible voters so all voices are heard.

• Joe Biden for demonstrating that controlling the virus is the sure way to reviving the economy.

• Rob Gaskill, director of Community Corrections, for going above and beyond when things got tough, from your WRAP girls.

• Community Corrections staff and WRAP & REALM facilitators for putting so much effort, care, and time into your job, from the WRAP girls.

• those who boycott big box stores for donating to the political party that voted against certifying the 2020 elected results.

• Danny James and Kenny Price for your help, from Joyce Blackburn.

• the hospital staff for your excellent care, from Joyce Blackburn.

• the Republic for the informative article about the unfair representation of Democrats due to gerrymandering in our state.

• all the volunteers that parked cars at the 4-H Fair.

• white supremacists who only support the prior elected federal official.

• the ex-federal elected official who said "I understand the tax laws better than almost anyone."

• officials for continuing to deny established facts by dismissing the findings presented in a nonpartisan study of gerrymandering in Indiana.

• allowing the clown car “audit” to go on when votes have been fairly counted multiple times.

• those who use words they do not know the meaning of.

• the recent local event where employees tried to cheat you out of money.

• those exposing helpless dogs to extremely loud concert music.

• the post-democracy movement and candidates who are using the "big lie" as a key midterm message.

• those who believe that crimes are down.

• congressmen who will not speak to capital police officers.

• the blatant lie told by the federal elected official on what he was doing over the 4th of July weekend.

• to the former federal leader for admitting he spent so much for untaxed benefits for his employees.

• Marco Rios, from your coworkers.

• Jessie Gifford on No. 5.

• Lajuana Jo Heldman, from the Garrison family.