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- The City Council approved the Midway lease by a vote of 49-0 today.
- A Chicago teen died Tuesday after being struck in the head with a brick during an altercation Sunday night.
- Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan refused to accept the Abraham Lincoln Award from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, saying, "Our children are dying and no one can stop it...And so, while I am deeply honored to be here...I don't feel I can quite accept this award, not quite yet. I don't feel I have earned it.'' Bravo, Mr. Duncan. Now help fix this problem.
- Oak Park has seen an increase in armed robberies by more than 130 percent compared to last year. The numbers were counted from January 1 to August 31; in 2007, there were 19 armed robberies while in the same time period this year there were 44.
- FEMA has set up a Disaster Recovery Center at the Physical Education Building of Northeastern Illinois University, 3600 W. Foster Ave. to help victims of September's flooding.
- The Presidential candidates, now in comic book form! [via Gapers Block]
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OP resident here.
Eh, not surprised about the increase in crime for Oak Park. Stuff like this always happens when the economy takes a dive. I do find some of the comments on the Trib comment page pretty ridiculous. "You liberal commies are getting what is coming to you! You're gonna be ghettofied!"
Yeah, that'll happen. Taxes are ridiculous, home prices here are ridiculous, and some people are still up in arms that we got a Bar Louie because Oak Park has a history of being a dry town. That, and it's been a socialist Mayberry for over 100 years.
But that said, more police would be great......otherwise I don't really mind my communist state all that much. No city of Chicago tax and I have access to the blue line so I don't have to drive in.
When I moved to the Chicago-area to go to grad school, I ended up living by the corner of Austin and Lake in Oak Park for a while. Pretty sketch area late at night.
Lake and Austin? Of course it would be.