Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“For America’s Election Day on Nov. 5, a pizza parlor plans to celebrate democracy. Valentina’s Pizzeria in Madison, Alabama, will offer pies and boxes with images of the two presidential candidates, hoping to encourage customers to talk with one another. ‘It’s a tense race and pizza is the comfort food of America. It brings everybody together,’ owner Joe Carlucci told a local TV station. ‘No matter who wins this race we have to stand behind them good, bad, or indifferent, we have to come together as a country.’ Also on Nov. 5, voters in Philadelphia heading to three polling stations will be invited to attend local festivals of art and music designed to depict the wonders of ‘the democratic process’. Voting day should ‘be a joyful celebration of our shared ability to shape the future,’ said Lauren Cristella, head of a nonpartisan organization sponsoring the event.” (11/01/24)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/1101/The-delights-of-US-democracy