The City's handling of contested parking violations has grown increasingly bizarre since hiking its fines in March. (1) Evanston residents now have no option to legally contest a ticket without forfeiting their rights to appear at their own hearing. (2)...
Category: CITY MANAGEMENT
CITY MANAGEMENT
Bobkiewicz offered Issaquah job
Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz reportedly told City Council by email this week that Issaquah, Washington has extended him an offer for its City Administrator position. The Issaquah's City Council will vote at its next closed session Council meeting to...
CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGEMENT, NEWS
Suffredin Calls for Public Discussion on City Manager
Ald. Suffredin this morning issued a statement calling for the Mayor and City Council "to have a properly noticed, open, and public discussion about the future of the City Manager position," Evanston's current City Manager is Wally Bobkiewicz. Suffredin alludes to the...
BOARD OF ETHICS, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGEMENT, CITY OF EVANSTON, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, NEWS, PLANNING & ZONING
Where Are Evanston’s Separation of Powers?
While our eyes are glued to who Trump’s Supreme Court nominee will be, and the latest on the Robert Mueller-Trump probe, I urge Evanstonians to cast a glance as Evanston acts out the same events on a smaller stage. Particularly...