Ponzi and Friends

Cartoon: Trade-offs for new school?
Feb 13 2012 - 5:25pm  |  Junad Rizki

Ponzi's not convinced Evanston Skokie School District 65 can afford a new school -- and the costs to run it.

Cartoon: Watch those goggles
Feb 9 2012 - 9:36am  |  Junad Rizki

You've heard of beer goggles and maybe even Google Goggles, but Ponzi is convinced Evanston city officials have money goggles. His latest example ...

Cartoon: Commuter parking incentives
Feb 3 2012 - 8:39am  |  Junad Rizki

Now that Evanston has raised rates for commuter parking along the Metra line to 50 percent more than what Wilmette charges, Ponzi expects to see the city manager offering incentives soon to keep the spaces full.

Cartoon: Foggy city revenue forecasts
Jan 28 2012 - 11:00am  |  Junad Rizki

OK, econ majors! If you sell 500 of something when you give it away for free, how many will you sell when you charge $100 for it?

Cartoon: Crank it up!
Jan 27 2012 - 10:25am  |  Junad Rizki

Evanston aldermen this week voted to spend big bucks to raise the roof on a city-owned building on Howard Street so a theater group can move into it. Ponzi doubts the project make financial sense.

Cartoon: A 'solution' for street vibrations
Jan 16 2012 - 11:30am  |  Junad Rizki

Ponzi put on his thinking cap and figures he's found a comprehensive solution to complaints about speeding cars and noise and vibrations from decaying pavement on Oakton Street, a problem that has led Alderman Coleen Burrus, 9th Ward, to demand a 20 mile per hour speed limit on the road.

Cartoon: The missing idea
Jan 6 2012 - 10:49am  |  Junad Rizki

Folks eager to implement the 10 "big ideas" developed by Evanston 150 to celebrate the city's anniversary next year will gather Saturday morning at the Evanston Public Library over bagels and coffee, and maybe some cookies, to develop their plans. But Ponzi thinks they missed an idea.

Cartoon: Shedding a little light
Dec 19 2011 - 10:33am  |  Junad Rizki

With the District 65 school board scheduled to vote tonight on whether to ask the voters to approve a tax hike, Ponzi has a two word message for leaders of the "lighthouse" district.

Cartoon: Just in time for Christmas!
Dec 12 2011 - 10:05am  |  Junad Rizki

Evanstonians need to shop early this holiday season for next year's city stickers and parking permits. If you don't buy yours by this Friday, you'll be hit with a 50 percent late fee -- a fee that in prior years didn't apply until after Jan. 10. 

Cartoon: Reach for it
Dec 9 2011 - 11:21am  |  Junad Rizki

Ponzi was listening this week when President Obama talked about economic strains on the middle class. But he wonders whether Evanston officials were listening.

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