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A news report from Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News After 12 years of planning, stutter steps, community blowback and an attempt by residents to seek a temporary injunction to halt the construction of the TIF-financed Wilson Yard development, a beaming Helen Shiller threw open the doors to what may be the lasting legacy of...
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A news report from Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News On Thursday, Buena Park resident and attorney Molly Phelan announced her campaign to run against Ald. Helen Schiller (46th), Phelan is the fifth challenger to enter the race for alderman. Phelan is hosting a free event for 46th ward residents on July 14 – Bastille...
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From Lake Effect News More than 60 demonstrators from around Chicago gathered at Western Avenue and Addison Street in Lakeview on Sunday afternoon to protest the use of red light cameras at Chicago intersections. The demonstrators claim that the red light cameras are designed to entrap drivers and generate revenue for city coffers, not...
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From Lake Effect News It’s not often that elected county officials visit the West Ridge and Rogers Park backwater, but visit they did, arriving with an entourage of TV news cameras and a prominent TV newscaster to a Democratic candidates’ forum for the Cook County Board President’s seat. Sunday’s forum was organized by a new...
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From Lake Effect News Almost two years after being indicted on charges that they allegedly tampered with absentee ballots favoring Ald. Berny Stone in the 2007 50th Ward aldermanic race, defendants Anish Eapen and Armando Ramos will have to wait it out a little longer. Eapen is the former ward superintendent for the Chicago Streets and Sanitation...
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