\”I\’m still only in the thinking and talking stage,\” said the outspoken Republican. \”No exploratory committee has been formed. I won\’t announce that until I am close to being certain. I don\’t want to disappoint people who have invested hopes.\”
On Sept. 12, I walked into my eighth-grade English class determined to talk about what had happened the day before. I asked if anyone had anything to say.
As the City Council begins it consideration of Redistricting Commission-drawn district maps, a conflict between Valley activists and Jewish interests seems to have been resolved. But as proposed districts are scrutinized and rescrutinized block by block, the question of whether the 5th City Council District will contain three core Orthodox neighborhoods remains open.
David Lehrer may be overstating his case only slightly when he says that most Westsiders are unaware of what goes on \”6 inches below the 10 freeway and 6 inches east of the Golden State.\”
In a Chicago Tribune interview last October, shortly before pro basketball was shut down by a bruising lockout, players\’ union chief Billy Hunter waxed sentimental about his lifelong passion for defending the underdog.
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