Blogs

City in rush to throw money at Microsoft

Submitted by Bill Smith on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 12:38pm.

Evanston city staff will ask aldermen Monday to approve spending nearly $200,000 over the next three years for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office computer software.

Natural Gas cost by winter to triple? $3.00 per therm and the city of Evanston to profit?

Submitted by Junad Rizki on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 6:42pm.

Today in talking to the gas company - I was told they are thinking the price of Natural Gas may reach $3.00 a therm by this winter.

Affordable housing and unaffordable taxes

Submitted by Junad Rizki on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 9:45pm.

The City of Evanston continues to waste taxpayer money on affordable housing efforts with little real results.

Don't raise property tax for pensions

Submitted by Michael Vasilko on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 2:41pm.

The City of Evanston has appointed a Blue Ribbon Committee to research how it came to be that the Firemen and Police Pension Fund is under-funded in excess of $140,000,000.

Hahn doesn't merit city tax subsidy

Submitted by Bill Smith on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 4:33pm.

Tower talk in Evanston has died down recently, with the Fountain Square project tabled until the Plan Commission acts on the larger downtown plan.

Bike Lady Tells You So

Submitted by Candace Hill on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 10:52pm.

What a pleasure it is for the Bike Lady to see so many other Evanston residents out and about on bikes, especially in the morning on the way to work.

Saint Francis to hold 'Healthy Kids' discussion

Submitted by Saint Francis H... on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 1:21pm.

On Thursday, June 19, Resurrection Health Care and Saint Francis Hospital will host a community health roundtable forum focused on opening the national discussion of healthcare reform to the community.