Here comes a ten cents per straw fee, you know, its an affordability issue.

Progress measured as trying to jam an olympic poo facilityl through, after the community voted NO on a referendum for it, is not progress. Working to bypass referendums to avoid the next vote results is not progress. I think the "cusp we are...

If you outlaw straws, only outlaws will have straws.

Inclusionary zoning can only give you one of two outcomes - 1. The builder includes affordable units in the proposed development. In order for the development to make financial sense, the developer need substantial zoning relief. The developer will...

So per the WJ, the leaders of D97 are either stupid or greedy, but "that said", lets just move along to another story. And as those same D97 leaders now hire social workers instead of more teachers with the tax money, are they somehow...

Since the pastors are involved in telling us what to do on this issue, perhaps they could comment on the very many, very large, church owned private homes that pay zero property tax in town. If we just collected property taxes on those many...

Restorative justice probably fits better with stealing a car or maybe even breaking into a house. Carjacking people while having or inferring a gun and threatening to kill them?!?!?! Look at the increase in this Chicagoland problem and let me know...

I'll help you out Mr Nevins: Paul Collins $111,000 Matt MacMurray $106,000 Naomi $135,000 All will retire in their mid 50's and make 3 times more per year what what I will on social security if I work until I'm 70. And by law, ...

Is OPRF a "family business?" I'm certain that Ms. Hildner's son is wonderful, but didn't Berrios do the same thing with his relatives as OPRF does? That's alright? I don't know what these faculty members earn...

If adopted the staff recommendations would give Oak Park one of the weakest and least effective inclusionary zoning ordinances in the country. Of course, the board assigned the task of producing an ordinance to Ms. Grossman who had publicly opposed...