Kane County Village Trustee Resigns as Obama Delegate

Don’t call your African-American kids “monkeys” when they are climbing in trees near your home, if you want to be a delegate to the Democratic Party National Convention pledged to Barack Obama. A simmering neighborhood fight in Carpentersville between an … Continue reading

Hispanic Obama Delegate Faces Racism Charge from African-American Neighbor

This is too weird. Daily Herald reporter Lenore Adkins writes about Carpentersville village trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski calling her neighbors African-American kids “monkeys” for climbing trees on Saturday, the year’s first great spring day. The neighbor complained that it was a … Continue reading

Hispanic Obama Delegate Faces Racism Charge from African-American Neighbor

This is too weird. Daily Herald reporter Lenore Adkins writes about Carpentersville village trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski calling her neighbors African-American kids “monkeys” for climbing trees on Saturday, the year’s first great spring day. The neighbor complained that it was a … Continue reading

Humorous Take by Allan Showalter on Carpentersville

Again I have the privilege of pointing you to a funny “One Heck of a Guy” Allan Showalter story. Entitled, Carpentersville Outlaws Joie de Vivre – English Now Lingua Franca In Compromise, Board Agrees To Speak Very LOUDLY and S-l-o-w-l-y … Continue reading

Humorous Take by Allan Showalter on Carpentersville

Again I have the privilege of pointing you to a funny “One Heck of a Guy” Allan Showalter story. Entitled, Carpentersville Outlaws Joie de Vivre – English Now Lingua Franca In Compromise, Board Agrees To Speak Very LOUDLY and S-l-o-w-l-y … Continue reading

Carpentersville Majority Settles for Symbolism in Immigration Vote

Call me cynical, but the timing of the English-only campaign in Carpentersville—leading up to the municipal elections—has had me thinking it was primarily a way to re-elect the two village trustees leading the fight. I can identify a “wedge” issue … Continue reading

Carpentersville Majority Settles for Symbolism in Immigration Vote

Call me cynical, but the timing of the English-only campaign in Carpentersville—leading up to the municipal elections—has had me thinking it was primarily a way to re-elect the two village trustees leading the fight. I can identify a “wedge” issue … Continue reading