Meet the Candidates: Karen White, South Bend Common Council At-Large
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Meet the Candidates: Karen White, South Bend Common Council At-Large

Service to family, community, and education are the hallmarks of my life journey. Born in Buffalo, New York, I relocated to South Bend at an early age. I attended Harrison Elementary School and graduated from Central High School. I received her Bachelor’s Degree in psychology and social work from Indiana State University, Terre Haute and…

Meet the Candidates: John Voorde, South Bend Common Council At-Large
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Meet the Candidates: John Voorde, South Bend Common Council At-Large

President John F. Kennedy described himself as an idealist without illusion. I always took this to mean while it remains important to maintain your core beliefs or principles, one needs to be willing to work with others of differing views to achieve a common good. Too often of late, at the federal, the state, and…

Meet the Candidates: Lori Hamann, South Bend Common Council At-Large
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Meet the Candidates: Lori Hamann, South Bend Common Council At-Large

Friends and neighbors, South Bend is at a critical crossroads. That is why your participation in the May 5th primary is so important. Simply put, we cannot pull out the same old, tattered playbook and hope for different results. We cannot withstand four more years of chaos and confusion on our City Council. We desperately…

Voorde Announces Bid for South Bend Common Council, Endorses Fowler for City Clerk
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Voorde Announces Bid for South Bend Common Council, Endorses Fowler for City Clerk

John Voorde made his run for South Bend Common Council official Tuesday night. The current city clerk will be running in the May 5, 2015 primary as an at-large candidate in the Democratic primary. “I hope to continue to build upon my record of public service based upon pragmatic common sense,” Voorde said. Voorde is…