Sometimes we as writers listen to the wrong people for the information we use to build a story or a column and sometimes we don't do our proper homework with that data.
As someone new on the block (I actually have not been reporting on La Grange regularly since around 2001, not that that's an excuse), I really have been trying to get back up to speed lately on all the issues and positions. But in doing so, I made a mistake in my Sept. 16 column entry about the Citizens Council of La Grange, specifically involving incumbent Village President Liz Asperger.
Asperger, as many know, could not be a bigger proponent of Tax Increment Financing, as evidenced in part by her most recent Village Board comments about the request by the La Grange Theatre owners for TIF funds to help in their planned renovations. I thought I was told otherwise.
At the time, Asperger called the request "an appropriate TIF project" and referred to the downtown TIF District as "a phenomenal success" for which La Grange has "kind of become the poster child in Illinois" because of its "forward-thinking manner" regarding TIF funding.
Asperger will have the same opportunity to share her feelings about the TIF when La Grange Theatre funding options are formally presented to the Village Board during a special meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in Village Hall.
As to whether Asperger plans to seek the Council endorsement again this fall, she said she has not yet reeived an application but will likely do so.
We still do not know whether the forces who did not support her four years ago still remain in large enough numbers, but bet it's doubtful. She's done a lot to heal wounds, move forward and soften divisiveness in town since taking office in 2005.
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