Normally we would consider it too early to start speculating on the April 2013 municipal elections, but we received several bits of unsolicited information “over the transom” in the last week that piqued our curiosity and which we have decided to share, if only for their entertainment value.
Thanks to former mayor Howard Frimark’s successful 2006 cut-the-Council referendum, three aldermanic seats – in the 2nd, 4th and 6th wards – are up for grabs next April, with the main event being the regularly-scheduled quadrennial mayoral race.
So it’s only fitting that the first entertaining bon mot is the rumor that Frimark, who recently relocated from the 6th Ward to the 2nd Ward, did so in order to run for the seat that current Ald. Rich DiPietro is expected to be vacating after 18 years on the Council.
History tells us that the 2nd Ward trails only the 3rd Ward in voter apathy, measured by the number of uncontested aldermanic elections it has had over the past decade. In the absence of any other identified heir-apparent groomed by Richie D waiting in the wings, perhaps Frimark figures he can count on an empty field and a blessing from his departing buddy to return him to The Horseshoe, albeit in a smaller chair than the one the voters took from him in 2009.
And in light of the recent four-way “contest” for the mayoral appointment to fill the last 10 months of the 6th Ward term by former candidate Marc Mazzuca, transplanted former 7th Ward ald. Jeff Cox, and former Maine Twp. trustee Peter Ryan, all of whom are potential candidates for a full term next April, Frimark may have figured that the easiest way back to 505 Butler Place is by the northwest passage.
Whether anybody challenges Ald. Sal Raspanti in the 4th Ward will likely depend on just how well he is perceived to be handling the demands of the office. His elections to both the Park Ridge Recreation and Park District Board in 2005 and to the City Council in 2011 were uncontested and, therefore, he didn’t have a real opportunity to demonstrate his stump ability or his vote-getting prowess.
He already has earned a couple of kudos from the fiscal responsibility crowd for his recent votes to cut off budget appropriations for the private community group corporations, and to deny a multi-million dollar subsidy for the developer of the Whole Foods property. But 10 months can be a lifetime in government and politics, so it’s likely Raspanti will still have a number of opportunities to enhance or diminish that perception in the interim.
The real intrigue, however, will be related to the mayoral race. We’ve already heard rumors of the active recruitment and/or endorsement of challengers to Mayor Dave Schmidt by Frimark, by anti-O’Hare activist/wing-nut Gene Spanos, by recent Niles immigrants Rob and Kim Biederman, and by an un-named former Park District commissioner.
Frimark’s recruiting efforts are no surprise, given his loathing of Schmidt and rumors that he himself doesn’t have the stomach for another run. Although we understand that Frimark is seeking a “seasoned” candidate with some prior Council or other elective-office experience, his inability to recruit such a candidate might cause him to fall back his unsuccessful 2011 7th Ward aldermanic candidate, Franklin Ramirez.
Interestingly, Ramirez, who describes himself as a “community and youth activist,” has started soliciting $10 contributions for bumper stickers bearing his name and his Facebook page address. So unless Ramirez is planning to move out of his parents’ home and into one of the 3 even-numbered wards with aldermanic seats up for grabs next year, his bumper stickers would appear to be either a novel commercial “branding” exercise or the precursor to a mayoral run.
Even more intriguing is the rumor that the Madigan-ista Biedermans and the RINO (Republican In Name Only) Spanos are already talking up 5th Ward resident Larry Ryles, although we haven’t been able to tell whether their respective efforts are joint or independent.
Rob Biederman spent 5 years as a key political operative for Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and 3 years as Atty. General Lisa Madigan’s strategic communications director, while wife Kim was a Niles village trustee and Niles mayoral candidate before their emigration to Park Ridge following her unsuccessful 2009 campaign.
Spanos backed Schmidt in 2009 but reportedly soured on the mayor because of Schmidt’s refusal to support a major City funding commitment to fight O’Hare expansion and to make the “Fly Quiet” program a legal requirement rather than the merely voluntary program it currently is.
Ryles has been very active in Kiwanis, which gives him a solid base of support among the Kiwanians. And his position on the Police Chief’s Advisory Task Force gives him another discrete group of potential supporters. Support by the Biederman’s might suggest a renewed attempt by state Democrats to politicize Park Ridge government in ways that the then-dominant Homeowners Party was alleged to be doing for state Republicans prior to the HOs’ disastrous performance in the 2003 aldermanic elections, when HO-endorsed aldermanic candidates were soundly defeated in five of the six contested ward races.
Whether Ramirez, Ryles, and/or other candidates actually take the plunge in 2013 remains to be seen, but we think the smart money is that Schmidt definitely will have at least one challenger.
And speaking of money, campaign cash should be available to one or more Schmidt challengers.
The Citizens for Non-Partisan Local Elections, which was formed in January 2009 as a de facto successor to the now-defunct Homeowners Party, is still sitting on the $15,000 it “inherited” from the HOs. That would serve as some decent seed money, although that committee’s chairman/treasurer, former 1st Ward HO alderman John English, has not made any public comment on that committee’s intentions since it was founded.
And if we understand the tax code correctly, private 501(c)(6) corporation Taste of Park Ridge NFP (“Taste Inc.”) may draw on its $80,000+ bank account to campaign for or against candidates for public office, since its running of the Taste of Park Ridge event makes such campaign funding ancillary to its primary bread and circuses exempt activity, thereby providing legal cover for any political or “lobbying” activity.
All in all, the 2013 municipal elections look to provide a lively bit of political theater. Hopefully the outcome will be closer in quality to “Death of a Salesman” than to “Springtime for Hitler.”
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Once again, PW, you seem to have your ear to the ground. But what about former alderman Frank Wsol and current Park District commissioner Mel Thillens?
EDITOR’S NOTE: What about them?
Supported Frimark eight years ago, but Schmidt last time. Something changed in Frimark. He needs to just give it up.
In which ward do these Biederman people live? Merely mentioning “Madigan” should send off alarm bells.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Their address is listed as 1333 Vine, which is in the 7th Ward. And “Madigan” should be the governmental equivalent of terminal cancer.
Death of a Salesman? You aren’t wishing any ill on our former mayor, I’m sure. He’s unlikely to kick it up a notch with the Shakespearean “kill all the lawyers,” but you never know. And who’s the former Park District commissioner with aspirations to mayoralty? You’re the only one tall enough to win that I can think of.
EDITOR’S NOTE: No, we were just referencing a great play. And, as we understand it, the unidentified Park District commissioner was recruiting candidates, not running himself.
It’s an open secret that proceeds from the Taste beer tent go to fund local Republican candidates’ races, and always have, even before they corrected their designation. It’s not a potential, it’s an actual. If you’re looking for an excuse to have another beer…
EDITOR’S NOTE: It may be an “open secret,” but we’ve never heard anybody from Taste Inc. acknowledge it.
We stopped patronizing TOPR several years ago, when it became clear that Taste Inc. was lining its own pockets while stiffing the City for around $20K of services. So we don’t intend to enrich whatever campaign fund to which they may end up contributing.
Aren’t their two former Park Board Commissioners currently serving as Aldermen?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sal Raspanti (4th) and Marty Maloney (7th).
So who is doing the recruiting? Maloney or Raspanti?
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re guessing neither, because they don’t strike us as recruiters.
I’m curious about Ramirez. Who sells bumper stickers promoting themselves for no apparent reason other than being a “public figure?” What’s his agenda? And what has he done that might qualify him to run for office?
EDITOR’S NOTE: According to his Facebook page, he’s a “[c]ommunity and youth activist, looking to bring common sense back to government. Empowering my community to take action when action is needed.” And his resume includes: Board Member, Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council; Coordinator, Park Ridge & Des Plaines Peer Jury Partnership; Member, Park Ridge Economic Development Task Force; Member, Police Chief’s Advisory Task Force; Member, Park Ridge Youth Commission (1998-2002); and Member, Uptown Redevelopment Board (1996).
It is not true that the Taste “fund(s) . . .candidates’ races”. This blogger likes to speculate it might, but that doesn’t make it “an actual”. It isn’t. Feel free to have as many beers as you like (within reason). The proceeds of which will help pay for the bands you hear and the stage they play on.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Nice try, Slick, but you’re intentionally misquoting the post: We wrote that Taste Inc. “may draw” – not has drawn, is drawing, or will draw – “on its $80,000+ bank account to campaign for or against candidates for public office.”
We really would like to believe that the beer sales goes for the bands and not into the Maine Twp. Republican coffers, but since you Tastees keep all your books secret and hide as much information as you can from the public, we’re not buying it.
I was quoting Anonymous at 5:57, who is stating a falsehood as a fact.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Which once again points out the problems with Taste Inc.’s secretiveness. Nobody but the Tastees know who’s getting what, and that’s the lack of transparency and accountability that we’ve been complaining about over the past few years.
Who is this guy Ryles? Where did he come from and what does he stand for?
EDITOR’S NOTE: We hear he’s a retired military guy with a younger family. And, as we noted in our post, he’s an active Kiwanian who reportedly is being talked up by the Biedermans and Spanos. What he “stands for” is a mystery to us.
Anybody who is going to challenge Mayor Schmidt better be willing to spend a lot of money, because most people I talk with, if they are paying attention to city govenrment at all, think he’s doing a pretty good job and a better job than previous mayors.
EDITOR’S NOTE: That’s the sense we get. But the good thing is that Schmidt has a very clear and understandable record that the voters can use to make a decision on his tenure. Just his vetoes alone give the voters a pretty good idea what he stands for, so the voters will either agree with him or not. That works for us.
Your reference to Madigan, and attempting to tarnish the Biedermans with that reference, is crap. Stick with the issues.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The “issues” of this post are, basically, political speculation, so we’re not quite sure how we have departed from them.
As for our trying to “tarnish” the Biedermans with Madigan, Mr. Biederman apparently chose to work for Speaker Madigan and his daughter. So whatever guilt by association there may be is a product of his own decision.
But now that you mention it, we would be remiss if we passed up this opportunity to point out that Mike Madigan has been in the General Assembly for 40 years, and speaker of the house for all but two years since 1981. So if anybody needs a poster child for virtually everything that is wrong with this state, Madigan is it: Every single deficit, every single sweetheart deal, every single underfunded pension, every neglected road and bridge, has his fingerprints all over it.
Which is why this state will continue to be screwed so long as he remains in power.
Have a nice day.
Lots of interesting tidbits. Naive taxpayer that I am, I thought local elections were non-partisan so this info about the HO Party is news to me. Interesting that their new iteration includes the word “non-partisan” in the name.
And this Biederman couple…why did they move to PR? Is it simply an interest in infiltrating any local government? Or are they truly concerned about the issues our municipality faces? I can’t imagine it being the latter. Somehow I can’t fathom that civic pride and/or concern is their main motivation.
Lastly, Frimark can’t find a seasoned candidate to endorse. What does that say about him? And Ramirez, whose resume of activism seems fairly thin, is really just a puppet for Frimark in the event he can’t find a more experienced suitable candidate?
And don’t even get me started on Taste Inc.
It all seems so very…Chicago. Who knew?
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we understand it, the “non-partisan” label is tied to national parties, such as the Rs and the Ds. The HOs were founded in the 1970s by Mayor Marty Butler and seem to have actually stood for discernible positions (anti-O’Hare noise and expansion, preservation of residential character, etc.) until Marty became a state senator and the HOs were handed off to a bunch of folks who turned it into more of a social organization/clique.
One explanation we’ve heard – WHICH WE HAVE NOT VERIFIED, but which makes some sense – is that Nick Blase’s decline and Kim Biederman’s loss to Callero in the Nile mayoral race signaled a dead-end to their political road in Niles, so they moved to PR for the schools and a different political opportunity.
Frimark can still be disruptive, but his self-interest and mismanagement of the City from 2005 to 2009 has become obvious enough that he shouldn’t be any kind of force anymore. That doesn’t mean, however, that he won’t keep trying to find ways to play the angles for his advantage.
Speaking of Chicago, rumor has it that we may be acquiring our own local version of “The Combine,” with several prominent local “Republicans” (including Rosie Mulligan and several of her cronies) throwing their support behind Democrat Marty Moylan for state rep, either while still professing support for Moylan’s Republican opponent or claiming “neutrality.”
Just another example of petty politicians fiddling while the state burns.
Uhhh…Anon at 631am, re Biedermans and Madigan, “if the shoe fits” might be the appropriate saying.
You tether your wagon to a guy like that AND then too his daughter you are going to be assumed to be a supporter and/or more. And given the sad state of affairs in the sad sack State of Illinois that might not be a good thing this election cycle as the Editor points out. It isn’t arguable that Madigan IS one of a select few that are a common denominator for all that ails the State. No matter what you might be running for, to run against Madigan might be a best bet. In that case the Biedermans and their choices/nominees could have problems.
That’s an opinion. Maybe you think different; if you do I’d be interested to hear why.
EDITOR’S NOTE: We can’t think of one state-level politician who has even been in the General Assembly as long as Madigan, much less have Madigan’s power for even a tiny fraction of his tenure. Which is why we say that any “reform” in Illinois won’t be more than window dressing so long as he retains all the power that comes with being the speaker.
Anon. 6:31 am:
As a believer in “principles, not personalities,” I sympathize with your point. Since I was the commenter who underlined PW’s linking of the Biedermans to Madigan, I’ll respond.
Were either of the Biedermans to run for local office, we should respect their candidacy, listen to their case, and debate their positions on the issues. If they are supporting this Ryles fellow, and he runs, we should do the same with him.
Consider these points also.
“Madigan” opens up questions of character. This is the elected official who runs a lucrative property tax consulting business, letting him pull public strings on behalf of his private clients. His daughter is the state’s top law enforcement official, which means the law looks the other way.
“Madigan” also opens questions of policy. This is the legislator who just raised our income taxes 66% so we can all pay for generous pensions and benefits for his cronies. It’s not about “the children” or “the teachers” or even “the first responders”. It’s about Daley collecting $180,000 a year for life. I’d like to know what the Biedermans’ pensions are.
Finally, “Madigan” opens up questions of power. Park Ridge, be it under the Homeowners, Marous, Frimark or Schmidt, has been a bucolic little isle of political naivete. We have our pseudo-Dems and pseudo-Repubs, but few if any have been marionettes of the bi-partisan power brokers that actually run the state. They want control of everything. If one of Madigan’s people can get someone elected mayor here, we will lose self-determination. I caution you: I’m not talking about a GOP suburb going Democratic. I’m talking about a hard-working community getting taken over.
We’ve had enough of the personality wars in Park Ridge. Much of local politics seems to be who’s-on-what-side stuff you can watch on a soap opera. I didn’t abandon Frimark because we were on opposite sides of someone else’s argument at the country club. It was because he changed politically. I hold no animosity toward him.
“Madigan.” I think about him every time I pay taxes, which is every day. He rigs the game. We dare not let him rig the game here.
EDITOR’S NOTE: FWT, you’ve got a standing offer of a guest editorial gig here. You pretty much nailed it, although we must take issue with your point that Frimark “changed politically.”
From what we’ve seen of Howard over the years, at least in his political life he’s been as constant as the North Star in making sure that “what’s in it for him” always came first, followed by “what’s in it for his friends” – examples of which are his angling for insurance business from the Uptown project within a year after leaving office, which was a violation of the City’s ethics ordinance (see our post “Unenforced Ordinances = Worthless Ordinances,” 10.21.09, and “Are They Lies, Or Is It Memorex?” 10.23.09); and his arguing for a $400K City subsidy for his buddy and campaign contributor Bill Napleton even as Napleton was shutting down his Cadillac dealership (“Pay-To-Play And ‘Mayor Liar’,” 03.30.09)
“… Ramirez, whose resume of activism seems fairly thin, is really just a puppet for Frimark in the event he can’t find a more experienced suitable candidate?” I can not disagree more with that statement. Although I do not consider him to be an “activist” (i.e., Jesse Jackson and the like) he has been involved for the past 16 years – that is about 16 years more than anyone else I know. People say that he is young and inexperienced … that is a plus in my book. Maybe he can add some common sense to this “government” we have here in Park Ridge!
As for a puppet of Frimark’s I do not think so. When Mr. Ramirez walked my door when he ran for alderman he did not seem too impressed by either Mayor (Frimark or Schmidt). To be honest, I hope Franklin does run again.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Before we’re willing to assume that Mr. Ramirez can “add some common sense to this ‘government’ we have here in Park Ridge,” we’d like more evidence that he’s got enough of it to spare.
So far, the only common sense we can readily recall hearing from him is his suggestion that the City’s human resources director should actually have a college degree in H.R. and/or some solid H.R. experience.
From my interactions, with Mr. Ramirez, he has more common sense that some of the current Aldermen (specifically, Ald. Sweeney AND Ald. Smith). Just saying …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again, except for the H.R. issue, Ramirez has pretty much showed us nothin’. That being said, if the City Council had a decent history of top-shelf aldermen, the City wouldn’t be in the predicament it currently is in.
Regrading Ramirez, I’d agree that he shows remarkably little substance for a supposed activist. Look at his Facebook page and he basically regurgitates city news and happenings and occasionally muses about “being conservative.” For someone who’s been involved for 16 years, I can’t find anything he’s actually accomplished on behalf of us residents. I think “fairly thin resume” is about right.
As for the Madigans, I agree with what FWT says except I’d add that voters are somewhat to blame for their continued tenure. Unseating the establishment in Springfield or Chicago isn’t easy but it can be done. I saw it happen in my old ward in Chicago this past election but it took a large group of engaged, concerned residents to make it happen. Activism, if you will.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we recall, Ramirez was basically a chair-filler when he was the “youth representative” on the Uptown Advisory Task Force a decade or so ago. But we won’t hold that against him because there were quite a few of those on that body, most a lot older than him.
But in a 09.18.02 Chicago Tribune article (“Teens hope Uptown `wish list’ comes true”), a 21-year old Ramirez said in an interview that a new teen center was badly needed in Uptown; and that he intended to become a lawyer, run for alderman, and open a pool hall in Park Ridge. So far, those goals haven’t been met. Then again, we’re still working on cowboy, fireman and baseball player, without any more measurable success than Franklin.
The voters are pretty much 100% of the blame for the continued tenure of Madigan, whose power comes primarily from being Speaker and from all the funding he controls. Since his district’s voters keep electing him, the only way to get rid of him is for all the other voters – including those who consider themselves reformist Democrats – to elect a Republican majority in the Illinois House and thereby pry the speakership from his politically cold dead hands.
You sound critical of the Homeowners Party, but what do you know about it? Marty Butler founded it to keep Park Ridge’s residential character. Without the Homeowners Party Park Ridge would be like Arlington Heights or Des Plaines, and who would want that? Things were better under the Homeowners, that’s for sure.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we’ve pointed out repeatedly, the Homeowners Party stopped being what you describe once Marty left City Hall for Springfield. Under the nominal leadership of his successor, then-mayor Ron Wietecha, the HOs became more like a cross between a high school student council and a social clique, a bunch of generally nice folks who seemed more concerned with going-along-to-get-along than with governing, more focused on appearances than on performance.
The City began to slide during the last several years of Wietecha, City Mgr. Tim Schuenke, and a rubber-stamp HO-dominated City Council, which set the table for the election of five non-HO “independent” aldermen (including re-branded old-HO Howard Frimark) in 2003; which, in turn, sent Wietecha running off to Barrington. But the “independents” fumbled the ball and were entirely out of City government four years later.
But the HO campaign fund is alive, well, and $15,000 strong, re-packaged as a “citizens” committee supporting “non-partisan” elections and just waiting (we believe) for a candidate to rise up to challenge Mayor Dave Schmidt next year. We can’t wait to see who it will be.
“Things were better under the Homeowners, that’s for sure.”
I wasn’t living here then so I’m curious about what exactly was better then. What do people want/expect from the city? Where is the city falling short? Is there anything it is doing right?
I hear so many complaints but so few ideas for solutions.
EDITOR’S NOTE: So are we. We’re guessing things may have appeared “better” in an ignorance-is-bliss kind of way, because back then there was only the most minimal transparency: meeting packets were not posted on line, many/most issues were simply rubber-stamped without even a cursory debate, there were no videos to watch if you couldn’t make the meeting, the minutes were sanitized to protect the officials, etc.
But your questions about what’s being done right beg the more important question: What do you consider “right”?
For years, the City had a mayor who seemed to care only about O’Hare airport, but people thought he was “right.” The City was running major deficits and neglecting infrastructure, yet a number of people thought that was “right.” The City committed to a TIF and tens of millions of dollars of long-term debt for Uptown because people thought that was “right.” Others thought giving $200K+ a year to private community groups and $20K a year to private Taste Inc., all without any accountability, was “right.” Still others thought cutting the City Council down from 14 members to 7 was “right.”
We didn’t, and still don’t, think any of that was “right.” But because most of that has changed over the past 1-2 years, we consider those changes as things the City is “doing right” and as being “solutions” – or at least partial solutions.
I have heard that there is a deliberate plan to push multiple candidates into a race against the Mayor to split the votes.
Not sure if the plan will work, but it is one plan to defeat the Mayor.
This is why we are hearing things about Mr. Ramirez, Mr. Wsol, Mr. Marous, Mr. Ryles, Mr. Warner, Mr. Barton, etc.
EDITOR’S NOTE: That’s what the Chicago Machine does, although those corrupt predators do it to split the vote to neutralize a strong challenger. We’d expect the various Beat Schmidt interests to join together and focus all their attention, energy and money on just one challenger. But we’ll just have to wait and see.
Mr. Trizna:
There’s no need to hide sir.
You know where I live.
Any questions about our most recent state senate Bill SR690 – my door is open.
We all know how you like to hide underneath
the skirts of this community’s 1st ward!
You also forget another candidate also for the Mayor’s seat – Ret. Army Division Sgt. Major Larry Riles – sir.
Yes – We all agree here that you can’t run a city from a blackberry downtown –too.
Again – you need to shut your mouth!
Especially when using this Democratic rag.
Put up or shut up!
Gene Spanos
Lt. Ret.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. Spanos:
A 6’4″ 240 lb. body is hard to hide, sir, so I’ve never even tried. Additionally, my status as editor and publisher of this blog is so well known throughout this community that both our “local” papers and the TribLocal have reported it. The fact that even you know it is proof positive of how un-hidden it is.
I do know where you live, sir, which makes me wonder why you didn’t seek to replace your buddy, Tom Bernick, as 6th Ward alderman. Or why you didn’t even bother to attend either the public interviews for your four fellow 6th Ward residents who did seek to replace Bernick, or the Council public meeting at which the mayor’s appointment of Marc Mazzuca as your new alderman was approved.
I spent 8 of the past 15 years as an elected Park Ridge Recreation & Park District board member, another year as a Park District environmental task force member, and the past year as a Library Board member with 2 addional years left on my term. On how many public boards or commissions have you served during that 15 year period, sir?
Most of what people NEED to know about SR 690 can be found at http://www.illinoistrack.us/legislation/GA97SR690, including that the resolution (not a law, just a request) is sponsored solely by the official whom you have spent years mocking and ripping as “Danger Dan Kotowski.”
Has SR 690 made you and Sen. Dan BFFs?
I’m not sure what you mean by “the skirts of this community’s 1st ward,” as I have never seen Ald. Joe Sweeney in a skirt (and intend to keep that record intact); and it’s been more than 3 years since I lived in the 1st Ward. Sir.
As for your contention that I “forget another candidate also for the Mayor’s seat – Ret. Army Division Sgt. Major Larry Riles [sic],” re-read this post and you will see that Mr. Ryles’ name is prominently featured in 3 separate paragraphs, including in proximity and relation to yours. Try looking for “Spanos” and you should find “Ryles” nearby.
As for “run[ning] a city from a blackberry downtown,” this City has been badly mismanaged by two consecutive City managers who both “lived” and worked here; and by the previous mayor who both lived and worked here. So if Mayor Schmidt can “run” the City “from a blackberry downtown” as well as it has been run these past couple of years, perhaps a “downtown” office should be a requirement for that position.
For a guy proudly displaying a sign of Mike Madigan lacky Marty Molan in his front lawn, your criticism of anything as being “Democratic” is as duplicitous as it is amusing.
Wake up and show up!
Robert J. Trizna
Non-retired Editor & Publisher
Author!!
Mr. Spanos:
We have tried to reach you at the e-mail address you use when communicating with the mayor, City government, the newspapers, etc. However, it appears you are not accepting responses, as we received the following message when trying to e-mail you:
“The message could not be delivered because the recipient’s destination email system is unknown or invalid. Please check the address and try again, or contact your system administrator to verify connectivity to the email system of the recipient.”
To use your own phrase: “There’s no need to hide.” Sir.
I think there will be at least a couple of interesting candidates from the 2nd ward in April – none of which are mentioned in this piece.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Let’s hope there are at least two.
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