GALLERY: Protesting NATO, Part 2
A look at Sunday's protests.
Brian Bieschke
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Lake Forest City Council Approves Forest Park Master Plan
City will come back with agreement that earmarks how the process will be carried out.
For the second time in recent history, the city of Lake Forest will partner with a special community board to create another gem worthy of civic pride after the City Council unanimously approved the Forest Park Master Plan Monday night. The City Council’s approval closed more than two years of public debate on the master plan since it formed the Forest Park Project Board comprised of residents in May 2010 after approving the conceptual master plan. The master plan came to the City Council after approvals from both the Parks and Recreation Board and Historic Preservation Commission. “It’s a different master plan and more importantly, it’s a better master plan,” said Ralph Gesualdo, president of the Forest Park Project Board. “I think it’s…
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Lake Forest to Add Three Affordable Housing Units
First two units help give credence to program, dissipate concerns.
After a successful pilot that turned two blighted single-family homes into affordable housing units, the Lake Forest City Council approved at its May 7 meeting the addition of three more homes for residents and local employees who could not afford to stay in Lake Forest. “I’m very proud that Lake Forest has moved forward on this,” said Tom Morsch, a member of the Lake Forest housing trust and former alderman. “I’m proud that the City Council has continued to support efforts in this sphere going forward.” The council voted to devote $225,000 to purchasing the homes, continuing its partnership with the Highland Park-based nonprofit Community Partners for Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing Advisory Board Chairman Michael Burns said the …
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Poll: Should Chicago Have a Casino?
Illinois lawmakers are again looking to expand gambling options in Illinois.
Illinois lawmakers are considering plans to add more casinos as the state continues to grapple with budget woes. The latest proposals would place casinos in Danville, Rockford and Waukegan. Another proposal would allow for slot machines to be operated at race tracks like Arlington Park, the Alton Daily News reported. The bills are sponsored by Terry Link (D-Waukegan) in the Senate and Lou Lang (D-Skokie) in the House. Gov. Pat Quinn has called the legislation to, once again, expand gambling in Illinois "a distraction." Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pushing for a Chicago casino. A Chicago casino is something that officials in the city long have sought. As far back at 1993, Mayor Daley proposed an $800 …
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Council Finalizes Route 53/120 Corridor Report
Members recommend that the Illinois Tollway move forward with Route 53 extension.
The Illinois Route 53/120 Blue Ribbon Advisory Council on Friday completed nine months of discussion and deliberation with the approval of a final report recommending the Illinois Tollway move forward with an Illinois Route 53/120 Corridor project in Lake County. The group includes local elected officials, transportation and planning agencies and a diverse group of environmental, civic, business and labor representatives. The report will be presented to the Illinois Tollway Board of Directors in June. Co-chaired by David Stolman, Lake County Board chairman, and George Ranney, President and CEO of Metropolis Strategies, the Advisory Council’s work has focused on answering three primary questions: Is there consensus to move forward? What…
Friday, May 18, 2012
Chicago NATO Summit: A Suburbanite’s Survival Guide
Life as we know it may be disrupted a bit while the eyes of the world are on Chicago for three days.
For the first time the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will conduct a summit in an American city other than Washington, D.C. In addition to global leaders, more than 2,000 journalists and countless demonstrators and activists are expected to inundate the Chicago area. Some protests have already begun. Security measures are in place for the days before the summit and the actual meeting days, Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21, when more than 60 heads of state and government will come together to discuss security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. Although you are not a NATO delegate, some of the plans may affect your life during this time. Here is a rundown of the security plans as they now stand. Check websites listed …
Area Residents Blast Cubs’ Owner’s Plan to Defeat Obama
Lake Forest resident blames Supreme Court ruling for making Ricketts' $10 million soft money advertising plan possible.
Shoppers at Deerfield Square were not ready to abandon their loyalty to the Chicago Cubs over owner Joe Ricketts’ plans to spend $10 million to finance an effort to produce negative advertising criticizing President Barack Obama. The same people expressed anger that one person, in this case Ricketts, would spend so much money to affect the outcome of the presidential election by purchasing advertising at the time of the Democratic Convention in September. The controversy broke Thursday morning when the New York Times published a story disclosing the plan hatched between Ricketts and Republican political professionals. Later Thursday, Ricketts backed off some of the more controversial parts of the proposal. Leslie Gordon of Lake Forest …
Jim Carfagno
11:06 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Socialist media....really? First of all it was ROMNEY who complained about this knowing it was a bad idea. Second if Romney supporters make religion an issue it will make Romney's religion fair game, something he wants to avoid at all costs. The real issue is Citizens United and the increased corruption of our political system which in all probablity will result. If corporations are people then … more ›
Emerald Ash Borer Found in Lake Bluff
Could impact up to 800 trees.
The presence of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been confirmed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) and documented within the southwest quadrant of the Village of Lake Bluff (west of Green Bay Road) on May 10. The Emerald Ash Borer is an exotic beetle that was unknown in North America until June 2002 when it was discovered as the cause for the decline of many ash trees in southeast Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. EAB has been identified as the causative agent in ash tree mortality and decline; adult beetles are metallic green in color and are about one-half inch long. They leave a D-shaped exit hole in the bark when they emerge in spring. According to the IDA, the severity of any EAB infestation is very difficult to …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
HPC Approves Forest Park Project Master Plan
Will go to Lake Forest City Council Monday night with conditions added.
When Lake Forest planner Almerin Hotchkiss set aside Forest Park in his 1873 Master Plan for the city, the significance of his decision reverberated nearly 140 years later at Wednesday night’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) meeting. “This is our Plymouth rock,” said HPC board member James Preschalk said. “It’s sacred land.” The HPC unanimously approved the Forest Park Project master plan to end nearly two years of discussions and meetings since the Lake Forest City Council formed the special board of residents in May 2010 when it approved the conceptual master plan. The HPC’s recommendation gives the Lake Forest City Council an opportunity to formally give it a stamp of approval at its Monday night (May 21) meeting. The HPC’s …
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Arthur H. Miller
12:01 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
While a few calls continue for restoration or recreation of former design ideas perhaps deferred over a century ago, the best minds in the field internationally know that this is not likely to succeed. Jane Brown, an English garden writer, in her 1988 book, Eminent Gardeners..., opined that only two great English gardens could and should be "preserved": Sissinghurst (Vita Sackville-West) and … more ›
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dold, Schakowsky Spar on Women's Health
Evanston Congresswoman calls Dold’s recent proposal on women’s health a political ploy. He accuses her of partisanship.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) accused Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) Tuesday of introducing legislation merely to cast himself as a political moderate, while Dold replied Schakowsky is unwilling to act in a bipartisan fashion. Schakowsky made her remarks during a telephone news conference Tuesday with Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider, Dold’s Democratic opponent in the Nov. 6 general election, to explain why Dold’s record on women’s issues is unsatisfactory. Earlier: Dold Proposal Would Help Women’s Health Schakowsky was particularly critical of a bill Dold introduced last week prohibiting discrimination against health care providers participating in certain government programs from excluding services like contraception …
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Marie DeLean
11:33 am on Monday, May 21, 2012
To claim that the Democrat Party is waging a war against women is outright comical. No party or politician is perfect, but the facts are what they are, and the facts do not support that claim. Those most conservative among us are the ones wreaking havoc. Take a look at some of these articles: "'Forcible Rape' Language Remains In Bill To Restrict Abortion Funding," The Huffington Post, February 9… more ›
fred
5:43 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
Bonnie if gambling isa morality issue. WHY DO CHURCHES DO IT? more ›