He served on the school board and represented the West Side on the City Council. The Rev. John Olson was certainly not one to hold
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Turnout For City Budget Public Hearing: Crickets
How many speakers showed up Thursday night at the City Council’s public hearing to address Mayor Joe Ganim’s proposed $564 budget? A walloping two residents
Read moreThousands Enjoy Barnum Festival Parade At Scenic Seaside Park
Thousands of beachgoers, residents and suburbanites lined Seaside Park on Sunday in scorching temperatures for the first-ever Barnum Festival Parade to march solely in the
Read moreGreat Scott! A Switch For Mitch In The 131st District–Party Officer Selection Thursday
On Thursday, 5:30 p.m. the 90-member Democratic Town Committee will select party officers at the Madison Avenue restaurant of Mario Testa who will seek another
Read moreBig Night For Testa And Ganim–Pereira’s Insurgent Slate Loses, Black Rock Challengers Fall
Insurgents came up well short Tuesday trying to take out seasoned campaigners in Democratic Town Committee primaries. A slate led by 138th District Leader Maria Pereira
Read moreDragging Out Voters In Town Committee Wars, Flexing ABs In The Rock
Voters have been identified. Now it’s time to place last-minute calls, door knocks, lit drops and social media blasts. And oh, remind voters to send
Read moreGuerrilla Warfare, Absentee Ballot Push In Town Committee Primaries
More than 1,000 requests for absentee ballots and counting. Just days from Tuesday’s Democratic Town Committee primaries in six districts, candidates and political operatives are
Read moreHimes Steps Up For Danny Roach As Town Committee Battle Heats Up
High-profile pols generally don’t avail themselves to local, insider political skirmishes, but they will sometimes step up for neighborhood leaders who’ve been there for them
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