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Home » Entries posted by Wendy E. Wohlfeill
Parking and Puking: City Council Postpones Vote On Taxi Issues
An ordinance to allow taxi drivers to park overnight on side streets in a congested Far North Side neighborhood, creating a possible alternative to muggings and robberies, was postponed last week. The ordinance proposed by Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) was put off until next month’s meeting of the Committee on Traffic Control and Safety. The […]
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Englewood Pastors Excluded From CPS Anti-Violence Plan, Millions Go to Out-of-State Group
September 29, 2009 Comments OffIn an effort to push a $30 million anti-violence plan, the Chicago Board of Education has decided to partner with a national advocacy organization based out-of-state, upsetting a group of local pastors who see no need to give the work to the Pennsylvania organization. The board last week approved a $5 million contract with Youth […]
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It’s coming down to a battle for each aldermanic vote in a fight over the addition of the first Wal-Mart on the South Side. A group of local ministers demanded attention at city hall this week in an attempt to gain aldermanic support in their quest to set fair worker standards. Meanwhile, Ald. Howard Brookins […]
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Hours before the Cook County Board of Commissioners rejected a partial rollback of a controversial sales tax increase, concerned citizens stood outside the crowded meeting room, frustrated they couldn’t see first hand what was happening inside. More than two dozen people waited in line in the county building, some for as long as two hours, […]
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A Cook County judge has granted $50,000 to the scandal plagued Burr Oak Cemetery, while the release of an additional $450,000 still hangs in the balance. The $50,000 will pay for upkeep of the south suburban Alsip cemetery pending its reopening. Cook County Circuit Judge Martin Agren released the funds to Roman Szabelski, the court-appointed […]
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