Carbondale City Council makes more history with new appointment
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Carbondale City Council makes more history with new appointment
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities/carbondale/carbondale-city-council-hill-appointment-community/article_850f5b72-0af8-11ee-83cb-cb6655d79ee2.html
When LaCaje Hill was appointed to fill the vacant seat on the Carbondale City Council on Tuesday evening, the council once again made history.
A small town in southern Illinois reaches racial parity in their city council makeup, with a black mayor and equal number of black and white members. Oh, and they also have an openly trans council member as well...
This from a part of the state where some people still fly Confederate battle flags.