Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week
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"You don't have to be smarter than a fifth grader to know if the sun were to instantly turn off, this entire planet would turn into an ice ball and everybody would be dead."


– Ray of sunshine (and D6 City Council Member) Don Zimmerman on climate change, during a League of Women Voters candidate forum on Sept. 15

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