Her column is one of the best hardhitting political columns in town. Certainly there is some overlap with Kass, but can a paper really have too many good local columnists?
The challenger in this race is Larry Dominick. At 57, he too has found opportunity in Cicero. Thirty-four years ago he began his work for the town on the garbage trucks, but by the time of his retirement last year, he was the deputy superintendent of police. Like Ramiro Gonzalez, Dominick has been a loyal soldier in the army of despots that has governed Cicero over the decades, but no longer he says. He insists he is ready for reform and will lead the charge.
Bringing democracy to Cicero for the first time since before Capone.
I’m not saying I’m not a fan of Marin’s, she’s written some good stuff, but she has dedicated far too much column space to Cicero and other battles in the Western ‘burbs. It’s as if she writes for a regional weekly. I miss Steve Neal.