Succinctly: Election day is April 2. It is important, just not a solution to all the ills in politics. Go vote:
• Cannabis legislation was the focus Saturday morning for the panel at Waubonsee Community College Downtown Campus in Aurora. Bills in both the State Senate (316) and the State House (2353) would make cannabis legal to take it off the illegal market. Joe McMahon, Kane County State’s attorney, was a against the bill: Increased problems. See photo by clicking here. State representative Stephanie Kifowit and State senators Linda Holmes and Heather Steans (Northeast Side, Chicago, mainly) were participants. See a video segment at facebook.com/thevoice.us.
• Sugar Grove trustees were the focus Thursday, March 21 in the League of Women Voters’ seventh forum this season. The other candidates: Heidi Lendi, Alex Kline-Wedeen, and Mari Johnson. See the video at facebook.com/thevoice.us.
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• Candidates acquitted themselves positively and well in Sugar Grove and St. Charles the prior week.
• Most communities will start free yard waste collection for two weeks April 1, no foolin’.
• Bunny Brunch egg hunt, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Chapel on the Green in Yorkville Saturday, a fundraiser.
• From 40-day fasting for Lent: Fast from pessimism and Feast on optimism!