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Mayor Responds to Harley-Clarke Mansion Petition

After more than 600 people signed a petition opposing the sale, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl says the city can't afford upkeep, and promises future negotiations will be public.

Comment Recommend Jennifer Fisher (Editor)

Blu June 19, 2013 at 07:52 am
How convenient, "The audio tape of one of those meetings was inadvertently destroyed" IRead More can understand not being able to pay the deferred millions, but can we at least buy a $30 digital recorder? Then have IT upload to server for backup or is this thinking too progressive?
Beth Schwindt June 19, 2013 at 09:10 am
This house, its lakefront party, and the Evanston Art Center are three of the city's greatestRead More treasures. I could encourage the city to find a way to maintain the mansion and the art center to retain the culture value of Evanston as a place. I also am betting the neighbors, and the park dwellers to the lighthouse and the lake park and not going to be happy about having restricted access. p.s. How are people going to visit the lighthouse? Where are they going to park?
Seymour Taylor June 19, 2013 at 09:18 am
How do you inadvertently destroy audio recordings? I still have cassette recordings from the 70sRead More that still play when I need to listen to them. This is the kind of thing that causes reasonable people to question the actions of the city council.
Procrustes' Foil June 19, 2013 at 06:17 am
Exactly HOW will funds be spent? Details, please. EPL provides the books for any book club,Read More including its own. The park district picks up the tab for many activities through its taxing component and private donations.
Jennifer Fisher (Editor) June 19, 2013 at 10:25 am
Tiffany talked to me in more detail about the programs she's planning earlier this year. Beyond theRead More DaeDae World Weekend, one of those programs is the Dajae Coleman Achievement Award, a monetary award to an exemplary freshman at ETHS. She outlined some of the others in this story: http://evanston.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/foundation-continues-legacy-of-dajae-coleman-14
Jordan S. Zoot June 18, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Your blog raises quite a mix of topics....yes there are some of us that revere the Constitution andRead More ALL of its amendments including the 2A..would everyone accept a review board having to vet you before you were allowed to speak freely in public. Yes Obummer is the LIAR IN CHIEF and we will have troops on the ground in Syria..though this time it seems real not like Dubya. DHS doesn't need all that ammunition...but drones aren't so bad.....when a TRAITOR like Edward Snowden compromises our security and shares with the Chinese our freedom and security are put in danger. The truly scary part is that the Democrats have a monopoly on Cook County..and the GOP hasn't offered a credible option as of this point.
june shellene June 19, 2013 at 08:51 am
Ten days after 9/11, General Wesley Clark was told we would be going into Iraq, Lybia, and Syria.Read More You can listen yourself to this chilling testimony. Don't fall for the bullshit, Jordan. Cheney was one of the main architects of 9/11...he's a psychopath, and he says Snowden is a traitor. Snowden is a hero, and Cheney should be jailed, like yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB17j0a-R34
Harry Lime June 19, 2013 at 04:02 am
"Patriotic tradition"...fallacy after fallacy. Implying I'm not "patriotic"Read More because I don't want more firearms in a community with a stolen firearms problem? Where are you getting this cost thing? I've never mentioned finances once. Both of you are using straw man arguments. This nationalistic viewpoint you're taking is exactly what's wrong with the attitude in the United States these days.
Jordan S. Zoot June 19, 2013 at 07:31 am
If one assumes that firearms are secured responsibly there shouldn't be a problem with them beingRead More stolon. Harry...my comments were NOT all about you....you aren't even relevant to my comments....if you took personal offense thats not on me...enjoy the day
Harry Lime June 19, 2013 at 08:11 am
Why would I take personal offense..? Then who were you replying to? Just throwing out randomRead More comments? Are you familiar with forums? Properly secured guns are still stolen all the time.
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Gretchen Brewster June 19, 2013 at 10:34 am
I believe that you have the names of the winner reversed. Bruce Hirsch is on the front left.Read More Gretchen Brewster
Lisa S. June 12, 2013 at 04:52 pm
Can you post the contact information so we can make reservations? Also, any idea what the glutenRead More free menu will be or is it a surprise?
Festus McMoron June 12, 2013 at 04:09 pm
diane, i'm sick of all you peoples whining and crying that blacks are picked on. there are manyRead More great black families in evanston. you lump every black into one group. we want the gangbanger trouble-making thug out of evanston. do you feel safe living here. i don't step 2 feet outside my home without locking it. after this knifing incident, i'll have my windows rolled up and car doors locked when i see a black male. the thugs have ruined it for all the good ones.
Jordan S. Zoot June 13, 2013 at 02:07 pm
Festus....being a bigot and scared of your shadow doesn't accomplish anything....that's why theRead More newly passed concealed carry law ought help....dude pulls a knife he gets peekaboo at the barrel of a .45 and lets see how things turn out....I get cut and his pumpkin implodes......better guess he turns tail and runs...reenforcing the rule that you don't win when you bring a knife to a gun fight
Patch reinstates deleted accounts! June 12, 2013 at 02:48 pm
What? Based on your spelling, grammar & punctuation, are you old enough to be posting on Patch?Read More Just wondering...
Procrustes' Foil June 12, 2013 at 02:57 pm
You're right, Patch. This post is barely literate.
Jordan S. Zoot June 13, 2013 at 08:59 am
The writer of the post is illiterate....that is clear. The Evanston Police, in general, do a greatRead More job in this community. There ought be a new category created specifically for membership in a gang that has demonstrated committed acts of violence...it goes back to the first smart thing which Mark Kirk ever said which was locking up each and every one of the 18.5K members of the Gangster Disciples. The second thing that can be done is that each and every law abiding Evanston resident that is legally able to do so should avail themselves of the right to obtain a new Illinois Concealed Carry Permit for a handgun. An armed society is a polite society.
Brooke Roothaan June 11, 2013 at 01:19 pm
Starting June 20th, 2013 at 7pm. All welcome.
Ellen robinson June 14, 2013 at 06:31 pm
I would like to come but I am confused. It says Wednesday, but the 20th is Thursday. Which day isRead More it?
Brooke Roothaan June 15, 2013 at 10:52 pm
Thursday. Whoops. Thanks for catching this!
Ignatius Williams June 9, 2013 at 11:30 am
This post is borderline-illiterate. You also fail to say where these shows are going to be held.
Phil McGovern June 9, 2013 at 01:24 pm
thanks for the heads up. I thought most people would simply click on the link. little did I know....
Phil McGovern June 9, 2013 at 01:29 pm
Thanks for the heads up. Little did I know. Thought most people would simply click on the link !