{"id":7439,"date":"2012-04-30T13:53:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T18:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7439"},"modified":"2012-04-30T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T19:02:11","slug":"to-vote-or-not-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/30\/to-vote-or-not-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"To Vote or Not to Vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note<\/strong>: We&#8217;d like to welcome our newest contributor to SouthsideCentral. Sheila Baynes is well-known in the Southside area and will bring her viewpoints on things to the site. We look forward to hearing Sheila&#8217;s viewpoints on anything that she wants to write about. Would you like to be a published author? If so, let us know! &#8211; BruceH<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Will you be voting in Tuesday&#8217;s Danville City Council race?  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