Renata Sliva https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:29:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Renata Sliva https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Today is Election Day — Get Out and Vote! https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/04/today-is-election-day-get-out-and-vote/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:00:59 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7404

Polls are open from 6 a.m. – 7 p.m. today!

Written by John Biver

Back on March 1st the Illinois Family Action held a staff meeting and before getting to the business of the day, executive director Dave Smith asked me if I heard that Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s choice for Mayor of Aurora had lost the previous day.

That’s when I remembered that February 28, 2017 was Consolidated Primary Election day.

I forgot to vote!… Continue Reading

]]> 7404 Renata Sliva: Culture and Politics ‘Starts at the Schools’ https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/renata-sliva-culture-and-politics-starts-at-the-schools/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:00:07 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7349 Written by John Biver

“We the People,” begins the U.S. Constitution. Those same three words open the State of Illinois Constitution. Neither document reads “we the politicians” or “we the ambitious.” Our forefathers set it up so we would be governing ourselves. When not enough honest and smart people put the self in self government, we get what we have now: a fiscal and moral mess.

Fortunately, there are individuals stepping up to lead, and one good example is Renata Sliva who is a candidate for the Indian Prairie School District 204 Board of Education in Will County.… Continue Reading

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