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Mayoral Candidate Cory Briggs Wants Immediate Halt to Phony YIMBY Proposals To Relax Rules on High-Density Development
Mayoral Candidate Cory Briggs Wants Immediate Halt to Phony YIMBY Proposals To Relax Rules on High-Density Development
It’s like déjà vu all over again: City Hall insiders asking politicians to leap before they look.This time it’s proposals backed by the YIMBY (“yes in my back yard”) movement to lift height limits and ...
22 Feb, 2019
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9 min read
Tribal Politics: Jussie Smollett The Latest Puppet in Manufactured Outrage
Tribal Politics: Jussie Smollett The Latest Puppet in Manufactured Outrage
I'm quite sure there are few things in this world Chicago Police superintendent Eddie Johnson has not seen, which makes his news conference this week on the Jussie Smollett case all the more remarkabl ...
21 Feb, 2019
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3 min read
Advisory Voting: What It Is and Why America Needs It
Advisory Voting: What It Is and Why America Needs It
There is only one thing that can counter-balance the nefarious forces and entrenched special interests that have compromised our democracy and now threaten the very institutions that have defined our ...
19 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
OPINION: Unity is for Losers, and the Party Out of Power Doesn't Want It
OPINION: Unity is for Losers, and the Party Out of Power Doesn't Want It
As another government shutdown loomed over the border wall, many people wondered if the newfound calls for unity in President Trump's State of the Union message had the potential for any bipartisan co ...
18 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
OPINION: Unity is for Losers, and the Party Out of Power Doesn’t Want It
OPINION: Unity is for Losers, and the Party Out of Power Doesn’t Want It
As another government shutdown loomed over the border wall, many people wondered if the newfound calls for unity in President Trump's State of the Union message had the potential for any bipartisan co ...
18 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
URGENT: We Offer A Path to More Choice in Elections; Only The Duopoly Stands In Our Way
URGENT: We Offer A Path to More Choice in Elections; Only The Duopoly Stands In Our Way
This column was supposed to be a victory lap of sorts. The NH House Election Law Committee met on February 13, to deliberate about and vote on HB 728, a bill to implement ranked choice voting (“RCV”) ...
15 Feb, 2019
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7 min read
Less Bruising, More Choice: New Hampshire Considers Less Destructive Primaries
Less Bruising, More Choice: New Hampshire Considers Less Destructive Primaries
A new bill was introduced in the New Hampshire legislature that would implement ranked choice voting in the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primaries. However, the New Hampshire House Electio ...
13 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
5 Reasons Bernie 2020 Is Looking All But Certain
5 Reasons Bernie 2020 Is Looking All But Certain
The 2020 Democratic field is already larger than it was in 2008. So far, 11 Democrats have launched or formally announced their intentions to launch a presidential bid, and more are expected in the co ...
12 Feb, 2019
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5 min read
Michigan Voted to End Partisan Gerrymandering; Are Partisan Primaries Next?
Michigan Voted to End Partisan Gerrymandering; Are Partisan Primaries Next?
As a business owner and lifelong resident of Michigan, I am proud to have stood with so many of my fellow citizens soliciting signatures for days and weeks on end to get the “Nonpartisan Redistricting ...
12 Feb, 2019
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4 min read
2019 Sees Tremendous Surge in Ranked Choice Legislation Nationwide
2019 Sees Tremendous Surge in Ranked Choice Legislation Nationwide
As the new year begins, state legislatures around the country are convening to tackle the issues of the day. After seeing pro-democracy measures surge on the ballot in the 2018 midterms, it’s no surpr ...
07 Feb, 2019
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2 min read