Ponzi thinks he's seen the future and that it doesn't look good for Alderman Ann Rainey's efforts to launch new up-scale enterprises in buildings she persuaded the city to buy on Howard Street.
City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz says his economic development policy is all about showing businesses you love them. Ah, how could Ponzi resist doing a cartoon about a line like that?
George Washington supposedly said "I cannot tell a lie." And on this President's Day, Ponzi's wondering what our Founding Father would have thought of the City of Evanston's selective recall about the budget in its just-issued city newsletter.
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.
Evanston voters will be asked in March whether the Town Board should pursue efforts to dissolve township government and have its functions taken over by the City of Evanston. How do you plan to vote?
Evanston's mayor this weekend is deciding whether to take action against The Keg over problems with underage drinking at the bar. What do you think she should do?
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