If you drive downtown at night this month, you’ll see three buildings – City Hall, the library’s Rundel Building, and the Public Safety Building – lit in purple. The lighting’s part of an observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, highlighting a problem that’s gotten a lot of attention lately. We’ve all heard about – and […]
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ELECTIONS 2012: Evaluating Slaughter’s record
Democratic incumbent Louise Slaughter is one of the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, and proudly so. She’s quick-witted, a master zinger-slinger, and energetic. Her folksy populism marinates in an endearing Kentucky accent, but she can get down in the weeds, too — she’s a microbiologist — and discuss in minute detail the best circumstances to grow algae for conversion to gasoline, for example. Slaughter’s critics like to say, “Sure, she’s likeable, but what has she done?” The answer is quite a lot.
