School board meeting 7-9:30
A short one!
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Politics
Having mentioned it in the last post, I suppose I might as well link to the Wall Street Journal piece that quoted me.
I’m still a little annoyed that they quoted me without asking or warning me it was running; I suppose as an elected official in a public meeting, there’s no journalistic requirement that they do so, but I do sometimes speak ‘off the cuff’ in those meetings, not from prepared notes, and it’d be nice to
Filling Out the Oak Leaves Newspaper
Oh, this is what I do at 11:30 p.m. on a Friday night, filling out another candidate questionnaire, this one from the Oak Leaves newspaper. Mostly the same questions as other questionnaires, although with a few differences: > Why are you running for election to the board? I’m finishing up a four-year term on the
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In Local Politics
In local politics, three women have so far filed to run for Village President of Oak Park: Simone Boutet (current village trustee), Cate Readling (with the Park district), and Vicki Scaman (current village clerk). I look forward to hearing them speak at candidate forums in the fall, and learning more about their positions. (The library
Make
There was a moment in grad school. Kevin and I had split up and I was desperately broken-hearted. I’d been getting up at 4 a.m. every morning to an alarm because it was the best time for me to concentrate, when the world was dark and still, writing by the light of a candle. I’d
Diwali
This is how I feel this morning — blurry, but overall hopeful. It’s Diwali, and a friend dropped off some sparklers yesterday (thanks, Swati!), so I lit one up this morning. Diwali celebrates the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil. There are a host of results from last night
Voting Day
Two years ago, I dressed in suffragette white and took my daughter with me to proudly vote for America’s first woman president. I have a photo of us, standing in front of her school’s flag. This morning felt very different, and I almost wanted to dress in black — I am so full of grief
Budget
We passed our library board budget last night, the second budget since I’ve been a trustee. I have to say, there’s a steep learning curve on this job. I’ve managed organizational budgets before, for DesiLit and the SLF, but this is an 8 to 9 million budget, managing three different libraries, and it’s another thing
Kara Eastman for Congress
Have you been to a campaign meet-and-greet? I never had before 2016, but they turn out to be: a) fun b) a great way to meet and get a sense of candidates c) a good way to get to know your politically-minded neighbors d) a great place to grouse about current politics e) a chance
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