Around Town – March 11

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March 11

Orchids to

Cardinal Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, who denounced the moral crisis we are facing when real war becomes a spectator sport or a video game.

the states, counties and communities that are imposing a moratorium on data center developments.

the civil rights leader’s son who called out politicians for turning his father’s dignified funeral into a political exercise.

Our Hospice for putting the Hospice concert back into the community.

Onions to

taking statements out of context regarding recent comments by the former elected official.

the this is not a “so-called regime-change war” claim by the federal appointed official, even though the elected one is already threatening to remove the new ruler of Iran.

the federal elected official who is starving Cuba, a nation that is no threat to the U.S., just because he is a bully.

the sad, uneeded waste of time and money by the elected one continuing to dig up nonexistent evidence about his election loss in 2020.

the Indiana official for wasting our money appealing a judge’s decision upholding the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

the Faith-Based Institutions Initiative created and apparently run by the state executive; another unholy push for Christian Nationalism.

local politicians who spend huge sums on things most people don’t care about while ignoring the horrible condition of most of our city streets.