Sullivan said that perhaps Pittsburg seemed more open to change and more tolerant to difference because of the region's strong Socialist background. Sullivan is the only one of the three who comes from outside Crawford County. Born and raised in Colorado, she joined the League of Women Voters in Urbana, Ill., and said she was glad to find a fledgling chapter when she moved to Pittsburg. Now, she says, there is a group mentality that didn't apply then. We've got it, and we don't appreciate it.
Nobody has an original idea anymore.
She said her theory of government wasn't based on what everybody else was doing. I really believe that. If you're not a pragmatist, you're just out of step. Lemon said her dream for Pittsburg is simple. I'd just like for our own city to be clean, fair and solvent.