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In rebuttal: Liz Henry: Mayor Levesque is not progressive leadership Auburn wants

Dan Bilodeau (Auburn Water District board trustee, appointed through the mayor’s Appointment Committee) endorses Jason Levesque. In his letter published Aug. 10 he writes, “It is up to residents to vote for the transparent (italics mine) and progressive leadership we want.” Why would Auburn citizens vote for a mayor who enacted significant zoning changes largely […]

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Clarence Page: Why #MontgomeryRiverfrontBrawl gained new meaning in Black conversations

The sight of Black people rushing to the defense of an endangered Black person and the police responding by properly subduing the suspects, especially in a city with all the historical baggage Montgomery carries with it from the civil rights era, you gain a new appreciation of how the system can work, when it’s supposed to. You can see it in the tweets.