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Oct. 25
Orchids to
Exhibit Columbus being honored as one of the Monumental Awards honor winners by the Indianapolis Chamber.
the No Kings protests that showed what real democracy looks like and was peaceful, in contrast to the Jan. 6 protest that was violent and filled with destruction.
an able leader who is shifting funds to counteract the recklessness of the opposing party.
Ross Thomas, Stephanie Carmer and the rest who organized the wonderful Democratic Party Fall Dinner and the lovers of our country who showed up for the No Kings rally the next morning.
First Presbyterian Church of Columbus for helping erase $1.78 million in medical debt for 1,488 Hoosiers across south-central Indiana.
Onions to
NexusPark, what a joke, from a taxpayer.
local board members who stopped volunteering to help with events once they were elected.
the faked video showing the elected one dumping excrement from a jet fighter on No Kings protesters posted by none other than the childish elected one himself.
the lady who was too busy talking into the phone held up to ear than to obey traffic laws and turned left into oncoming traffic.
the protest that looked like a Halloween party, which was actually the J6 one with animal pelts, Viking horns and Confederate flags, while all those No Kings rallies just had American flags.
another dangerous fiasco in the works allowing UTVs and golf carts on the streets in the town of Hope just because it’s an out-of-control fad.
the utility director touting how competitive the city’s water rates are, as if they’ve got any competition.
the overpaid, super-insured members of the U.S. Congress, now vacationing at our expense, for not doing anything to resolve the shutdown.
the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission, who is paying for this ridiculous and wasteful committee?
the majority of drivers passing through the school zone on National Road well above the posted limit, even though it is clearly marked with the speed limit and a flashing light.
the city councilman who misses so many sessions, he needs to resign and let his party replace him.
the politicians that let a lot of the White House be torn down and the politicians, people and companies that think this is more important than providing health care for poor and middle class families.
the members of the Senate and the House that want to show up for work when they shouldn’t be paid at all.
the government building the ballroom next to the White House, which is like the city building NexusPark that nobody uses; the same thing will happen to the ballroom.
