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Aug. 23
Orchids to
pet owners for letting their pets outside for short periods of time, then keeping them inside during this brutal heat.
Ohio voters for showing why Indiana’s Republican-controlled legislature refuses to allow referendum on a women’s right to control their own health care and bodies.
Onions to
slumlords who have no respect for tenants, neighborhoods and laws.
not taking the decision out of the hands of Indiana politicians and putting women’s rights on abortion to a statewide vote.
the retail manager who threatened to write up the employee for being late to his shift due to vomiting from a stomach virus.
allowing another pizza place in the mall, not giving any consideration to the existing pizza place that’s been there for 25 years or more.
needing to stop worrying about solar panels and start worrying how to make our city water safe to drink.
thinking someone who violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is eligible to stand on a presidential debate stage.
people who show up to early for garage sales.
trying to rush a downtown development project without community input.
the school system that doesn’t give free lunches to kids like the surrounding counties do.
the tone deaf politician who compared the total devastation in Maui with a small kitchen fire in his house.
the school corporation promoting racial segregation by having meetings only for African-American students.
Happy Birthday to
Chris Mitchell, from your family and Donna.
Krystalia Stockey, from your family, Sabrina and Donna.
Nancy Erap Mahoney, from John Tinkey.
