Central Street Neighbors Association

The writing is on the wall the North Branch will be closed. There are not enough votes on the council to save it.
What should be done?

Today I recieved Liz Tisdahl flyer in the mail, it suggest she has creative budget solutions.
 
One of budget solution she plans to renegotiate Evanston water contracts?  She seems to think somehow she is going to get the other suburbs to give us more money.  Lets get real! At one point she was stating legal action. This is alot of nonsense that will just waste our tax dollars.
 

In todays debate at the Civic Center, Jane Grover when asked a question about Liz Tisdahl record as alderperson, declined to answer it.
 
What does this say?
 
Someone might say, well Jane doesn't know Liz Tisdahl record, but given Jane was lived in the ward and is running for Alderperson that makes little sense.
 

The follow are Mr Opdycke comments from Evanstonnow.
 

At the Mayorial forum Liz Tisdahl stated she recieved $500 and support of the fire fighters local 742 PAC, who are helping her. ( see Evanstonnow web site for a video )
 
Also Jane Grover has on her web site  stated she has been endorsed by this group. 
 
I do not know who they are endosing inthe 6th ward.
( maybe some one will coment?) 
 

Today I heard that the sale fell through for the building adjoining the North Branch library. What does that mean?
 
Council members proposed using the funds to renovate the North and South Branch.  Thus the project will most likely die?  What is interesting I believe they have awarded the engineering for the renovation.
 
Thus we may be moving one step closer to shuting the branches down. 
 

I think the public needs some answers out our staff and the city council members.
The water department wants millions to replace the aging water piple, claiming we may  not have adeqate fire water supply in the system. They want to increase water bills over 40% over the next few years.
So what will be the situation when the 708 Church project is built? I am not talking about fire fighters but if a fire occurs will the supply of water be adequate to fight the fire?

It appears the council will now be holding a special meeting next week - on "water and sewer rate,capital and Revenue Opportunites" - after their illegal meeting held at the water plant on Feb 12th which the public could not attend. It appears to me the council members and city staff may have met in private to discussion what water and sewer increases they should approve and how they can justify it to the public since they had the tour of the plant.