Two years ago, Marilou Kessler was holding a dinner party at her East Rogers Park house, when two of the couples invited were mugged upon arriving in the neighborhood en route to her home.
A few years before that, Kessler’s son, then in his 20s, was also mugged. Kessler —who has lived in the area...
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Far North Side Residents Uneasy as Violent Crimes Increase in Their Neighborhoods
Experiment in Democracy: 49th Ward Leads the Way in Participatory Budgeting
Community gardens. Buying the Leone Beach house. Security cameras on the “L” platforms.
Those were just a few of the suggestions 49th Ward residents gave last week on how to spend next year’s aldermanic menu money during a community meeting held by Ald. Joe Moore (49th). In what Moore says will be...
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Rogers Park Residents Deal With a ‘Lot’ of Parking Troubles
Rogers Park resident Steve Straus would rather walk several blocks than pay $1 an hour to park in the lakefront lot at Loyola Park, next door to his house.
“I would park three blocks away before I would pay any money for this frickin’ lot,” said Straus, a neighbor for 18 years. “It’s a damn...
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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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Aldermen Dispute Need for South Side Wal-Mart
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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Aldermen Make Financial Pledge, Taxpayers Could Pay for Olympics
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted for a measure that saddles taxpayers with the bill if the 2016 Olympic Games lose money.
The law authorizes Mayor Richard Daley to sign off on a contract that puts full financial liability for the Games on the city should Chicago next month be named the host...
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