Two related stories in today’s Journal out of River Forest as reported by our Robert Lifka: First, the effort to place a term-limit referendum for village president on the November ballot has been shut down. Possible it could be resurrected via an appeal. Second, the announcement that a series of small community meetings about economic development along Madison and Lake streets will be convened shortly as the village tries to find a forward path on development.
Both stories reflect a level of discontent in River Forest over development. Failure at Lake and Lathrop and bad execution of a Madison Street effort have soured some portion of the population.
We’ll be following both responses to that frustration.