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From the Senior VP of People and Communications to all Sonic Employees ----- Original Email ------- What a wonderful All-Employee Lunch we experienced last Friday! Hearing our friends from the Hispanic community sing and teach us a bit about their culture was entertaining, enlightening and inspiring. The food was terrific (thanks to Café Tom and Café Don) and overall, it made Friday the 13th a very good day indeed! As we look ahead to June, the Culture of Inclusion Committee (COI) has had many long conversations about our focus on Gay Pride. June is typically Gay Pride month across the...

The 2004 elections brought a conservative sweep to much of the nation, but Mecklenburg County was not part of it. As a result, our County Commission came back under the control of liberal Democrats and the arrogant and extremist liberal Parks Helms re-assumed his position as chairman of the County Commission. It should be no surprise to any of us that in his first months back in his position, he has worked tirelessly to expand government and raise taxes. But this week, he announced another item on his agenda -- one that calls for economic and social conservatives to respond...

My title: But How Would This Play in Peoria? When I went over to the bookstore to get coffee in preparation for many hours ahead tonight on the microscope, I glanced across the rack of newspapers and saw a picture of the two IL Democrat candidates for governor and attorney general. They were on the front page of The Windy City Times, a gay/lesbian newspaper. From the story on Rod, Rod: 100% Record on Gays: For progressive groups of all kinds, from Equality Illinois and HRC and Personal PAC and NOW, Blagojevich is their man for governor. He also scored...