By Bob Seidenberg/rseiden914@gmail.com Northwest Evanston resident Mary Nisi need not remove her beehives, but they should be set farther back on her property – and farther away from the pool of her neighbor, who charged that the bees have dive-bombed…
News Release Residents of Evanston and Wilmette join the Most Livable City Association in lawsuit against the City of Evanston’s commercial rezoning of Northwestern’s new football stadium. Evanston, Ill. – The Most Livable City Association (MLCA), a non-profit focused…
By Bob Seidenberg Property tax increases are never popular, but past City Council decisions to keep the taxes flat or exceptionally low, failing to keep pace with inflation, may not be in the city’s best interest in the long run.…
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 16, 2023 —Aetna Better Health of Illinois, a CVS Health company, announced a collaboration with Connections for the Homeless, a local provider of services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in suburban Cook County. Aetna…
The Most Livable City Association (MLCA), a non-profit focused on quality of life for all communities in and around Evanston and advocating for accountability in local government, today issued a list of ten urgent questions for City of Evanston officials.…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members are technically part-time positions under the city’s council-manager form of government, but starting next year they may have a full-time salaried administrator whose job will be to assist them. The new post did…
By Bob Seidenberg David DeCarlo, president of the Most Livable City Association, released a statement in support of the City Council’s action tonight to push back for a week a decision on Northwestern University’s request for an $800 million Ryan…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members have typically voted on the side of residents when large projects would have a discernible impact on neighborhoods, but that record is about to be seriously tested tonight. Council members were scheduled to…
By Bob Seidenberg When Evanston police are called to respond to a protest held without warning, as was the case outside U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s house last Tuesday, what demand that place on police services? In fact, it’s considerable, said Evanston…
By Bob Seidenberg City of Evanston officials’ plan for a 7.8% increase in the city’s property tax levy as a key revenue generator for their proposed 2024 budget ran into critical reactions Tuesday night, particularly since some residents had already…
