The Trib Gets One Right: Debra Shore

Point source water pollution is a passion of mine. Most of you wouldn’t know it largely because I understand that most folks fell asleep at the third word.

Another passion of mine is electing qualified, quality progressive candidates who watch out for the public interest. Dean, with all of his failures, also understood building from the ground up was essention and here in Misery, we are seeing some progress even.

Those two interests come together in a race that I’ve ignored far too much, especially given how strong one of the candidates is.

The Trib labels her:

Priority One this year is the nomination of Debra Shore, a founding director of Friends of the Forest Preserves and editor of Chicago Wilderness magazine.

Frankly that’s too weak of an endorsement. Another obsession of mine is how local and state government is ignored despite their greater impact on people’s lives (hence, Archpundit was one of the first state politics blogs).

Debra Shore has built a campaign that actually grabs people’s attention for a slot they never knew they voted for before. And she gives a damn about clean water to boot.

Most of the time, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District positions are filled by union backed candidates who will support new construction ignoring what might be best for our environment and the consumer. I normallly respect the Chicago Federation of Labor’s endorsements even when I disagree with them, but this and the Stroger endorsement ignore far larger issues that should be important to the area.

The only regret I have about this endorsement is that I meant to do it some months ago and got sidetracked. Debra even contacted me and I dropped the ball. That is unfortunate because between her, Claypool and Sullivan, there are not any races of clearer importance to Chicagoland voters. Debra is a hell of an activist and with your help, she’ll be a fantastic commissioner. Donate and volunteer as you can.