Congratulations to Mike Fortner, teacher, physicist, SF fan, and Mayor of West Chicago.

In yesterday's primary, Mike became the Republican candidate for the District 95 seat in the Illinois House of Representatives.

Politics could benefit from having more scientists involved, and Mike has been an energetic public servant.

District 95 is the southwestern corner, more or less, of Dupage County. This is a strongly Republican area.

There was nobody on the corresponding Democratic primary ballot, so I don't yet know who might be running against Mike.

Clyde Tombaugh, formerly of Streator, Illinois (Jerry Corrigan's home town), would turn 100 tomorrow. As it was, he almost made it to age 91.

I never met him, but those who did always speak highly of him.