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  • 1 day ago | patch.com | David Giuliani

    WESTERN SPRINGS, IL – Western Springs police released their latest weekly blotter. Here is information from the reports: An unlocked car was burglarized between 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday at Spring Rock Park. A wallet containing $250 was stolen. An officer saw two youths on an electric bike about 4 p.m. Friday near Gilbert and Burlington avenues. One of them was charged with reckless conduct under a village ordinance.

  • 1 day ago | patch.com | David Giuliani

    WESTERN SPRINGS, IL โ€“ Like many towns, Western Springs allowed restaurants to expand outdoor dining during the pandemic. Now, the village is updating permits for outdoor dining, which involves liquor licenses. The issue came up at Monday's Village Board meeting. Guac N Taco, Hillgrove Tap and Salerno's Pizzeria & R Bar are seeking updated licenses to reflect much of the outdoor dining that the village approved during the pandemic.

  • 1 day ago | patch.com | David Giuliani

    WESTERN SPRINGS, IL – There's a Western Springs Road, and it's in honor of the village. But motorists drive on the left side of the road. Western Springs Road is in Rugeley, England, about 30 miles north of Birmingham. If you know your streets in Western Springs, you'll recognize the English town's name. Rugeley Road is in the southeastern part of the village. In the late 1950s, Western Springs and Rugeley became sister cities as part of President Dwight Eisenhower's People to People program.

  • 1 day ago | patch.com | David Giuliani

    LA GRANGE, IL – La Grange trustees on Monday signed off on a tax break for a business that is increasing the number of employees. The Village Board renewed the benefit for Billet Specialties, 500 Shawmut Ave., which makes auto parts. Billet first got a 12-year property tax incentive in 2014. It has now been extended another dozen years. It is part of a Cook County program that lowers property assessments for job-creating businesses that invest in their properties.

  • 1 day ago | patch.com | David Giuliani

    Earlier this year, all the stars seemed to align for Burr Ridge: Pleasantdale School District 107 was considering buying Village Hall for an all-day kindergarten. Meanwhile, the Village Center shopping complex offered free land for a new village building near Starbucks. At Monday's Village Board meeting, Village Administrator Evan Walter said he would present options for Village Hall at a June 9 meeting.

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David Giuliani
David Giuliani @TDJ_dgiuliani
1 Apr 25

If you consider yourself a First Amendment advocate, you cannot limit yourself to cases in which speech you favor is muzzled. You should point to violations that affect speech with which you disagree.

David Giuliani
David Giuliani @TDJ_dgiuliani
23 Jan 25

Today, I'm reporting on a 9-year-old who was shot and killed. He lived in one of the towns I cover. We come to expect deaths by gun in the United States. In 2023, Japan reported seven such deaths. The U.S., 46,728.

David Giuliani
David Giuliani @TDJ_dgiuliani
31 Dec 24

Both parties back an income tax system riddled with perks for favored groups. Take the home mortgage interest deduction, which was meant to boost homeownership. It worked, yet the break remains decades later. Why are homeowners more entitled than renters? Let's simplify taxes.