Word: epton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rose Mungon, spreading Washington pamphlets on the city's affluent take front. Epton's campaign was "the most racist in history...
Bill Johnson, 18, cast the first vote of his life for the Republican candidate, businessman Bernard Epton, wearing a green Epton t-shirt, a "Democrats for Epton" badge, and one of the city's ubiquitous "Bigots for Bernie" buttons. He whispered his case against Washington in a corner of the Epton election night headquarters...
...whether that coalition will eventually include white "Democrats for Epton" is unclear. Few of them made it to the Epton campaign' party in an elegant hotel ballroom. For these traditional Daley Democrats, to vote with the Republicans doesn't mean you should associate with them...
...after the harshness of their campaign attacks it is hard to imagine them associating with Washington supporters either. They were blunt enough in sounding Epton's campaign slogan "Before it's too late." And on Election Day, some Epton workers in the 35th Ward, including Orlando Munoz, were even spreading the rumour that Washington was a child molester...
...Many of Epton's new fans cite nonracial reasons for opposing Washington, who in 1972 served a month in jail for failing to file income tax returns for four years. Washington, whose birthday is April 15, claims he "forgot" about the requirement, an explanation that may not win a lot of hearts and minds from voters wrestling with their 1040 forms. He also had his license to practice law suspended in 1969 for failing to perform legal services for which he had been retained. In any normal campaign, these issues would, of course, be serious enough. Writes New York...