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City in rush to throw money at Microsoft

Sunday, Jul. 27, 2008, at 12:38 pm

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.

Hahn doesn't merit city tax subsidy

Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008, at 4:33 pm

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

Fear mongering about density

Wednesday, Jun. 04, 2008, at 4:00 pm

The president of the Central Street Neighbors Association tried to stir up the fears of his density-phobic neighbors last week by setting up a straw-man list of high population-density communities he figured they wouldn't like.

Government efficiency through technology

Friday, May. 23, 2008, at 10:16 am

Evanston Plan Commissioners say they want to streamline the review of new development projects.

Shall we progress, or regress?

Monday, May. 19, 2008, at 8:26 am

Evanstonians today face a debate between two radically different views of our world.

Talking to Springfield about pensions

Monday, Mar. 24, 2008, at 10:05 am

Evanston aldermen are scheduled to vote this evening on a resolution asking the state legislature to do something about police and fire pensions.

Height limits misguided in downtown core

Friday, Mar. 14, 2008, at 11:13 am

The debate over tall buildings in downtown Evanston is back in high gear.

One cheer for the city council

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at 11:43 am

Evanston's aldermen and the city manager deserve praise for finally adopting a budget this week that faces up to the city's pension obligation to its firefighters and police officers.

Taking action against terrible tenants

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, at 11:42 am

South Evanston resident Kristin Doll made an impassioned argument for the rental licensing ordinance at Monday's City Council meeting that unintentionally revealed one of the biggest problems with the measure.

Voters send aldermen a message

Wednesday, Feb. 06, 2008, at 5:19 pm

The voters of Evanston sent the city's aldermen a message Tuesday in rejecting for a second time a 20 percent hike in the real estate transfer tax.

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