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<h1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kudos to
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Deb</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Shore</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> for the Tribune’s editorial.
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<h1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For
those who are not familiar with the MWRD race: It is basically a popularity
contest. There are 10 Dem. candidates vying for the three openings. You
get 3 votes but your second vote actually lowers the prospects of success for
your first choice. Ditto for vote #3. If you feel strongly about one
single candidate –like <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Deb</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shore</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>—then just
vote for her. <o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
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<h1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Via the
Sierra Club I interviewed several of the MWRD candidates; each would bring
great qualities to the job. But, of course, the MWRD candidates who are just
looking for a no-work job with a good pension don’t show up for Sierra
Club discussions (and there are some people who basically run on the free-money
platform). The Sierra Club endorsed just Debra because we felt she was
superior. <o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
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<h1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Early
Voting continues through March 16<sup>th</sup> so there is no excuse to not
vote this year. Link to poll location info here: <a
href="http://www.forrestclaypool.com/early_voting.html">http://www.forrestclaypool.com/early_voting.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
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<h1><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Randi
Doeker<o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
<h1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chicago</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
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<h1><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Tribune
Editorial: Our choices for clean water<o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
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</span></font><i><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>Published March 10, 2006</span></font></i><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Largely out of sight--if not always out
of sniffing range--the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District has a crucial environmental
mission: By processing 1.4 billion gallons of wastewater daily and collecting
storm water runoff that can carry dangerous pollutants, the district tries to
protect the water quality of Lake Michigan and this region's rivers. This is a
mammoth if obscure enterprise: The agency's Stickney plant, one of seven that
the district operates, is the world's largest wastewater treatment facility.<br>
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A nine-member board of commissioners oversees the district--its 900-square-mile
service area, roughly the shape of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cook</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>, includes <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> and 125 suburbs--as well as the
district's billion-dollar budget. Board members serve staggered terms, with
three seats up for election every two years. Nine Democrats are competing in
the March 21 primary for three positions. From this unusually strong field, the
Tribune endorses three candidates:<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Priority One this year is the nomination of
Debra Shore</span></b>, a founding director of Friends of the Forest Preserves
and editor of Chicago Wilderness magazine. Shore is a deeply respected and
powerful voice in Chicago-area conservation circles, and her concern for the
environmental quality of the district's land holdings--many of which citizens
use just as they do forest preserves--would make her a welcome addition to a
board that now devotes most of its energy to engineering issues. Shore has
excellent ideas for policy changes to reduce the worsening impact of rainwater
runoff as more and more of the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
area is covered by buildings and pavement.</span></font><font color=black><span
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