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The process for replacing former Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, became more serious over the weekend as five Republican Party chairs met to discuss options.
Nine people have expressed interest to replace the former Senate minority leader who left his 44th legislative district seat on Dec. 31 after serving nearly six terms. The list includes four candidates from Logan County: former county clerk Sally Turner, Lincoln city administrator Elizabeth Kavelman, Lincoln Ward 3 Alderman Kevin Bateman and Illinois executive director of the USDA Farm Services Agency William Graff; four from Tazewell County: county board chair David Zimmerman, county board District 3 Representative Russ Crawford, Logan Warrick, and Tim Taylor; and from McLean County: Kyle Ham, a former chief executive officer of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council.
Peggy Parker
The pandemic has hurt many small businesses, but it s been especially tough for those that rely mostly on foot traffic. The pandemic has forced many mom-and-pop businesses to learn how to sell online.
Peggy Parker owns Christmas Creations in Normal. It s a holiday pop-up shop she opens every November and December. The store has been around for 40 years. Parker figures she didn t need to advertise much. When more retailers went online years ago, she viewed e-commerce as competition.
“This was not going to be good for brick-and-mortar stores to be pushing people to online stores, and I couldn’t understand why other businesses were doing that,” Parker reasoned.