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Dixon Cab Driver Offers Free Rides to the Polls

Northern Public Radio | By Jenna Dooley
Published November 6, 2012 at 6:40 AM CST
city of Dixon

A Dixon cab driver is offering free rides to the polls today.  Mary MacMillan of Sunshine Cab tells WNIJ she’ll offer free rides to and from the polls from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. She says this is the first time she's offered the free rides for an election.

She says people started calling yesterday to reserve a ride.

"I'm always encouraging people to vote, and I realized I better put my wheels where my mouth is." - Mary MacMillan

MacMillan says she can offer rides within Dixon. Anyone interested can call her at 815-973-5136
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Jenna Dooley
Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" from the Illinois Associated Press and recipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.
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