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Oak Park advisory referendum passes in a landslide
Oak Park voters made their voices known Tuesday regarding that often contentious question by approving an advisory referendum by a margin of over 30 percentage points. The post Oak Park advisory referendum passes in a landslide appeared first on Wednesday Journal .
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Ford wins 7th district in landslide
Ford won the 7th congressional race around 8 p.m. The post Ford wins 7th district in landslide appeared first on Wednesday Journal .
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Oak Pak clerk addresses election volunteer telling early voters to present ID
Concerns were raised on Saturday, Oct. 31, around an election volunteer allegedly directing early voters to have identification The post Oak Pak clerk addresses election volunteer telling early voters to present ID appeared first on Wednesday Journal .
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Blue Line renovations work their way to Forest Park
Blue Line renovations work their way to Forest Park The post Blue Line renovations work their way to Forest Park appeared first on Wednesday Journal .
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I want to roar
I usually express my despair through poetry. But when I see what Trump and his cronies are doing to democracy, rhyming words don’t cut it. What frightens me is the possibility that even a great blue wave won’t be enough. That the machinery of power being built beyond…
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Oak Park puts amateurs in chain of command
On Oct. 6, the Oak Park Village Board voted 6-1 to let its Citizen Police Oversight Committee evaluate police incidents that affect “community trust.” Supporters call it the first of its kind in the nation. Six trustees applauded. One asked the questions that mattered. I support…
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Slowing down is the better option
I’m writing in reply to the letter writer alleging thousands of dollars of damage to their car due to new Oak Park speed bumps. [Help or hazard? Viewpoints, Oct. 28] The speed bumps are installed on minor collector and residential side streets intended for low speeds and local…
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Oh, deer!
I always wanted to live next to the woods and realized my dream when I moved into the area over 15 years ago. Thatcher Woods is 245 beautiful acres and is a combination of floodplain, forest, savanna and prairie, all set along the Des Plaines River. It is home to more than 250…
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Referendum beats a survey
Oak Park is being asked, in these pages, whether it is for or against the proposed zoning change that would allow four- to six-unit apartments on every lot in most residential neighborhoods. I’m glad people are talking about it. But an online survey is not a vote, and it should…
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Shape Oak Park is sensible policy
Shape Oak Park is a reasonable and thoughtful improvement to Oak Park’s zoning. The revision allows greater freedom to homeowners selling their homes and, in the long run, will improve housing choices and vitality in our community. These are practical updates that will foster…
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Striving to get along
The vote on the referendum is now completed. Yet I have been thinking further about the “coming for the Jews” moment that prompted my letter last week. [1] Hopefully, it’s not quite that dire. What has, though, been revealed is silence and a minimization/denial of Jewish…
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Zoning revisions and affordable housing
The proposed revisions to the Oak Park Zoning Code provide in Section 7.2 Applicability: “The design standards of this Article apply in the following instances: New construction of … multi-family unit dwellings of seven (7) or more units.” The proposed language makes clear a…
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Discipline disparities at OPRF
The disciplinary disparities at Oak Park and River Forest High School raise an important question: Is OPRF ensuring that every student is treated fairly while holding everyone to the same standards? According to the article in Wednesday Journal on Oct. 14, Black students…
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Nobody won, and Oak Park lost
As we write this, the votes on the village advisory referendum have not been counted. We don’t know who “won” or who “lost.” Whatever numbers come out of this referendum vote, the one clear loser is Oak Park. When a municipal ballot takes on one of the most complex and violent…
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Some sincere questions
What is a Bike Boulevard? I honestly don’t know what that means. If I am driving down the street and there is an oversized stencil of a bike and an arrow and it says “Bike Blvd,” does the arrow mean there is a Bike Boulevard up ahead or does it mean that I am on […] The post…
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Don’t harm the single-family lifestyle
I moved here in 1972, renting an apartment in an E.E. Roberts building, the first apartment building allowed to be built in Oak Park at 113 S. Scoville (1902-3). I am now in a house on Grove. Oak Park, Evanston and Hyde Park are unique. Built up after the Chicago Fire because…
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Renounce state-authorized killing
A person serving a sentence of imprisonment until death, with no possibility of parole, is not serving a “life sentence.” It is a death sentence just as surely as a fatal injection, electrocution, hanging, firing squad or, for that matter, a guillotine. The simple fact is that…
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Affordable housing is complicated
At baseline, most Oak Parkers believe our village requires a multicultural heterogeneous community of every economic, racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual preference, and educational level possible to be truly their home. The problem is that, with our current economic…
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Honoring our veterans
Wednesday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Once again, the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association has offered us the use of their ballroom for the annual Oak Park Veterans Day Ceremony. Everyone is invited. For many years the late Virginia Cassin, former village clerk, organized the…
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Car hits Oak Park fire truck on Madison Street
A car crashed into an Oak Park Fire Department engine Tuesday morning on Madison Street according to Village of Oak Park spokesperson. The post Car hits Oak Park fire truck on Madison Street appeared first on Wednesday Journal .