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Denise Beaudoin
05-20-2013
07:27 PM cst(US)
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Ann, It's official--I have had enough of the lack of parking in the Brummel Park neighborhood! I came home from work at 6:30pm and ended up having to park 2 blocks away. Biggest issue with that is that I am on crutches carrying a small bag with my dinner and I could not legally park anywhere near my home. How many months has it been that we were told that a postcard/questionnaire would be going out and we needed to fill out and send in our responses? It's been 2, possibly 3 months? I don't know about anyone else but I have yet to receive said postcard. I doubt anyone will take away the 4/1-10/31 parking restrictions by the park (although EPD is missing out on a nice revenue stream right now as there are several cars there every night starting hours before 9pm)but it is not fair to keep those of us living in this neighborhood waiting for something to be done! And why does Evanston Awning have a large truck parked on the street? It is fully rigged to carry awnings thus should be considered a commercial vehicle. And yet, nothing is done. So much attention paid to Buddha heads and this remains unresolved. PLEASE--can we move this along?
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Candace Hill
05-19-2013
11:10 PM cst(US)
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You are right John, it's Orrington, I should know I used to work at the Borders when it was there. And no, I don't have a telephoto lens. I would like to take a tape measure to a couple of places on Church street and measure from pebbles to sidewalk cafe, especially around Dixie Kitchen. If there's room for two people to walk side by side I'd be surprised. There's no reason for our sidewalks to be so full of useless stuff if we are asking people to be pedestrians, to take a walk for a few blocks from the garages to a store or restaurant. I'd like to know if there was a direction to the design firm to leave a specific number of inches of sidewalk for walking. Is there a minimum space requirement between table and chairs (such as in front of Celtic Knot) and one of those ridiculous little lights? Because it can be brutal walking down that street, especially if you meet up with a stroller, a dog on a leash, or a wheelchair coming from the other direction.
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John Hardy
05-19-2013
07:16 PM cst(US)
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Candace: Your first picture looks like JT's at 1639 Orrington (not Chicago Ave.). Where was the second picture taken? Church St. looking west, between Sherman and Orrington?
It does look like lots of street-bling, and not necessarily a lot of thought into the side effects. Your pictures appear to be telephoto shots that tend to compress lots of depth into one shot, making it look somewhat busier than it actually is.
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Ann Rainey  05-19-2013
12:09 PM cst(US)
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Ann Rainey 05-19-2013
12:03 PM cst(US)
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Yes, Michele, you are correct.
Missing person was found(5-18-13) by CPD at Touhy & Kedzie. Missing was not injured but transported by CFD for evaluation. CEF cancelled.
This effort was a community one and Dan Coyne from ridgeville park dist really facilitated the search efforts.
There is always criticism about police reaction to missing people, the 24 hour rule, etc. Jason Parrott and J Wazny at EPD jumped right on this. Jennifer at the patch was amazing. The CPD found mr Rodriguez, thank goodness. Thank you.
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Michele Hays
05-19-2013
11:06 AM cst(US)
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We don't often talk about Chicago PD and how much we depend on them - but want to say I noticed, while we were walking our dog to Pottawattomie, that CPD had cruisers out, clearly looking carefully for someone. I can only assume it was our missing senior. Good work on their part - the report says he was found at a hospital, but I'm guessing that was after CPD took him there.
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Candace Hill
05-18-2013
10:38 PM cst(US)
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Here is what I mean with the little rain gardens under the trees. They are replacing the grates under the trees, and it seems with the little plantings and the pebbles and to help guide water to the trees. These plantings are replacing the large planters? Probably not. But, they come out farther than the square grates around the trees meaning that another six inches of sidewalk is lost to strollers and wheelchairs, a whole six inches of sidewalk, just become useless and for what? I don't get it. Pretty little stones for the children to go after, for the dogs to piddle on, to be dislodged when the snow is shoveled. Won't that be fun tripping over stones in the bike lanes. Is there a budge for replacing them every spring, and that's a serious question.
All this very elaborate street decor. And not one new bench. Not one. Where would you put them now, I wonder, is there any room for a bench? Our street beggars don't seem to need benches to set up shop on the corner and outside of CVS, but it sure would be nice to have then near the bus stops.
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Candace Hill
05-18-2013
10:19 PM cst(US)
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What's wrong with this photo? Here we have Chicago Ave. where a new restaurant has opened in a long vacant spot. There's even a small sidewalk cafe. Many of the new little street lights have been installed and a few little bike racks. The new rain gardens have been planted in the sidewalk, with pebbles and flowers. Pretty, right. It looks so safe and appealing.
Could you push a double stroller down this street. How about walking your bike? Could two people walk down it holding hands? When the bike racks are moved off of a corner and spread down the street, then the bikes take up walking space on the sidewalk. The outdoor cafes, which are certainly attractive now earn money for the restaurant while stealing walking space from the pedestrians. Even those new streetlights, if you look very closely, are further from the curb than the trees, that is, they make the sidewalk narrower, especially on Church street.
It's pretty, but it makes busy Evanston sidewalks even slower, especially now that we have to avoid the dozen young people needing just "a moment of your time". I'm walking very slowly now with my foot healing. Today I saw a jogger going down the protected bike lane, which is insane. Bikes now should have to watch out for cars, buses, pedestrians, strollers and joggers? Waiting for the bus at the corner of Benson and Davis, where there used to be a very nice bench for people with sore feet, I saw a car park right in front of the 7-11 in the bike lane so the driver could make a quick purchase. I doubt if he would have done so if it was painted green.
I know that the city council is looking closely at the costs of putting those dumb little lights, 15 of them on a block, on Davis and my vote is no. Before anyone does I highly suggest a walk down the sidewalks on a busy Saturday like today and so how much you like having to dodge bikes parked every on every other step, strollers and joggers. All that bikers really need or want is one large bike rack on one corner of an intersection. It really doesn't bother us to cross a street or walk a ways down a block. The more room on the sidewalk for walking bikes, strollers, wheelchairs, and lovers the better.
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Ann Rainey
05-18-2013
09:48 PM cst(US)
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Subject: RE: Missing Person 13-11890
Missing person was found(5-18-13) by CPD at Touhy & Kedzie. Missing was not injured but transported by CFD for evaluation. C
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Kim garcia
05-18-2013
09:10 PM cst(US)
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Mr.rodriguez was found by the Chicago police on Kedzie. Thank God.
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Ann Rainey
05-18-2013
02:46 PM cst(US)
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Missing Person from Evanston - Public Assistance Needed
City of Evanston sent this bulletin at 05/18/2013 02:21 PM CDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2013
Contact: Cmdr. Jay Parrott - Media Relations
Phone: 847.866.5026
email: jparrott@cityofevanston.org
EVANSTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 80 YEAR OLD MISSING PERSON WITH ALZHEIMER'S
The Evanston Police Department is seeking the public’s help with a missing 80 year man named Carlos Rodriguez who was last seen early this morning sometime around 5:45AM by family. Mr. Rodriguez suffers from Alzheimer’s and only speaks Spanish and is missing from the 100 block of Callan Ave. in Evanston .
Mr. Rodriguez is 5’09”, 160lbs, bald with black hair, brown eyes, mustache, beard, last wearing blue striped pajama pants, white t-shirt, and a plaid blue sweater. A photo is attached and anyone who believes they may have seen Mr. Rodriguez is asked to contact the Evanston Police at (847) 866-5000 or if outside Evanston, please call your local police.
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Ann Rainey
05-18-2013
02:11 PM cst(US)
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To keep you informed, Carlos is still missing. The police department specifically commanders Wazny and Parrot are issuing a media release. they also have an officer checking the video feeds from both cameras at Brummel and at Howard Street and maybe some others I'm not sure. There has been reported sighting of Carlos at Howard and Western.
I have alerted all Howard businesses.
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Ann Rainey
05-18-2013
10:30 AM cst(US)
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Carlos rodriguez
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Ann Rainey
05-18-2013
10:29 AM cst(US)
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Urgent missing 80 yr old
Carlos Rodriguez last seen 6 am 149 Callan wearing PJ pants and checkered shirt. 80 Hispanic with diabetes and Alzheimer. Call 911 if spotted.
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Mike Perlman
05-17-2013
10:05 PM cst(US)
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Michele - probably the goofs jumping on cars instead of going down the street smashing windows which is the usual way of it.
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Michele Hays
05-17-2013
07:45 PM cst(US)
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On another note, is anybody else curious about the crime report today? What was up with that? Unexpected lava flow down Asbury requiring passers-by to parkour from car to car? A re-enactment of the Levi's Walk The Line commercial? Grizzly bear browsing through cars in hopes of finding a twinkie stash?
(sorry, not to make light of the people who needed to file police reports - but seriously, I wonder what that story was...)
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Jeannie
05-17-2013
06:14 PM cst(US)
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And this is precisely why I never even click on Evanston Now.
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Ann Rainey
05-17-2013
02:00 PM cst(US)
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Oh Michele you should be so honored you are now a threat to Evanston now. Except it is a little scary when anonymous posters attempt to call out other posters very scary.y Edited 05-17-2013 02:00 PM
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Michele Hays
05-17-2013
01:39 PM cst(US)
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Ran into a fellow 8th Warder today (Hi, Karen!,) who let me know that a poster on Evanstonnow suggested I was posting there anonymously. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)) I didn't know about this accusation: I try not to visit that site expressly because people can post without being identified. They are therefore are free to engage both in sock-puppeting and to accuse posters of sock-puppeting. I'm not going to drive traffic there to clear up confusion that shouldn't have happened in the first place.
For the record - I put my name on my posts. I stand by what I say, or if I find I have made a mistake, I will own up to it. If I ever post anything anonymously, it is due to an internet glitch (to my knowledge, this hasn't happened for several years now.) If you ever have a question, you can feel free to ask me directly whether or not a post should be attributed to me.
I can be reached at michelhays AT juno dot com.
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Ann Rainey
05-17-2013
01:02 PM cst(US)
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Mike, we found Kristin lems parakeet years ago. It escaped from Dodge Village and ended up on Dobson in a tree.
And then of course there's always the poodle story.
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Mike Walden
05-17-2013
01:00 PM cst(US)
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I hope you told our new neighbors about this board..... So when my kitty gets out ( which I'm sure he will ) he to will find a quick and speedy way home
Mike Walden
On May 17, 2013, at 1:28 PM, QT - Catherine Potts <qtopic-3-PTurbdRYBOn6hl24iI3@quicktopic.com> wrote:
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Ann Rainey
05-17-2013
09:36 AM cst(US)
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Catherine, we all love you, thank you.
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Catherine Potts
05-17-2013
08:28 AM cst(US)
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Cat update - we took the stray kitty to our vet at McCormick and the cat did have a chip. She has been returned to her family, who had recently moved to Evanston. She was missing almost a week. A happy ending! Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.
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Ann Rainey 05-16-2013
09:12 PM cst(US)
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FYI
And they said it could not be done!I
L. If bill signed by Governor, Evanston Township electors can vote on a binding referendum to abolish the Township.
The Illinois House today passed SB 1585 70-44.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistor...=72405&SessionID=85
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Ann Rainey 05-16-2013
09:01 PM cst(US)
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Having dinner in trendy Downtown Los Angeles restaurant and had to share drink menu with you.
Ward 8 is everywhere.
Wally and Patrice
Wally Bobkiewicz
City Manager
City of Evanston
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