Heather Heggermeier

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Popularity levels dictate election results

As a little girl, every summer brought a giant new bucket of sidewalk chalk. I drew butterflies, robots, sunflowers and the most intricate hopscotch courses ever seen. Only a few years have passed since my eyes were opened to the other side of sidewalk chalk, the dark side. Used for shameless and unrelenting propaganda on an endless concrete canvas, sidewalk chalk screams up at you with every step.