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The "campaign" was short, confined to predictable platitudes. The candidates--the incumbent village chief, the town treasurer, the chair of the local women's association and the school principal--stood stiffly on a stage. They gave brief, stilted speeches, pledging to represent the people's interest.
Wang Shilan, 48, held four ballots. "I'm voting for my whole family because they're busy working," she explained. "They told me whom to vote for." When votes were tallied, Lei Mingxiang, 54, the high school principal and a five-term incumbent, was the surprise loser, a victim of...
And then, of course, Mathis administered the coup de grace. Some people, he wrote, have already suggested that by accepting the consequences of his actions, the principal "has actually set a better example for our children than a certain scandal-plagued President."
No one approves of educators who use drugs, the Gazette editorialized last week. But in the fog of charges, it warned, don't lose sight of the principal's record. The paper recalled the August day when a house burned down; the principal helped the firemen lug hoses and waited...
And so the town of Emporia, a Republican stronghold where people generally agree that it would be better if Clinton disappeared, has supported the principal's decision to resign: reaching out to him in this painful moment but not trying to change his mind. "It's been a tough week...