I couldn't help but overlook the fact that the recent visit to La Grange by the 12 Turkish government officials did not include a stop by the Turkish-owned breakfast bar on Burlington Avenue.
Besides the owner, there's nothing Turkish about Cafe Calbay, but perhaps the dignitaries would have enjoyed talkng to someone in their own language.
(I remember doing a profile on the owner years ago when a destructive earthquake hit his native Turkey)
Will someone tell Congressman Lipinski his community service field office on the north side of the tracks no longer houses the offices of State Rep. Bob Molaro? Maybe Mike Zalewski can inform the representative. After all, he was appointed to the seat nearly a year ago when Molaro resigned to become a lobbyist.
How many times do I have to mention the annoying spelling error on a yellow caution sign as drivers pass into La Grange over the Ogden Avenue bridge? The sign cautions motorists of the approaching roadway, Burlington Avenue. But the sign reads BurliGton.
In other useless minutae, it seems it's been at least a couple years since the meeting room upstairs in Village Hall has had every white sconce light illuminated at once. That one light off stage right (that's above the left side of the dais) has been out forever.
We thought nobody noticed the words "Stone Avenue" were no longer visible on the faded royal blue Metra sign along the platform on the Hillgrove Avenue side of the train station. But Assistant Village Manager Andrianna Peterson has let us know a new sign will grace the new platform when it is fully rebuilt by next spring.
Hopefully, someone at La Grange Public Library -- or the village for that matter -- will realize the utter danger disabled people have crossing the driveway to access the library entrance on Cossitt. Seems the curb cut should be placed within the parking lot except of just a few feet from where cars and minivans are often zooming in or out of the lot.
Could the lonely, single strand of white holiday-type lights hanging from a tree between Francesca's and Prasino's be a sign seasonal lighting is going up sooner than ever? Or could it mean the organic restaurant is soon to open in the La Grange Pointe senior center?
Last but not least, thanks to La Grange Officer Herrera for helping me out the other night. Shows you can always depend on the Police Department.
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And let's not forget the 1 million dollar BAD investment La Grange invested in to renovating the La Grange Theater. Since completed renovations were made, I have yet to see any marketing campaigns to bring in revenue and thus there has not been an increase in business as far as I can tell, walking past on any given weeknight, seems very quiet, not many people "flocking" to the "newly" renovated theater.
What were they thinking!!!
At this rate, maybe 50 years from now the town will see a return on it's investment!!!
All in all, the town board could of saved several local business' from going out of business recently if only given 1 tenth of the amount loaned to the theater (through TIFF with the town board overseeing the loan process, which made final decision for loan) to each business that desperately needed it. The board made a huge mistake doing this loan and more people should know, and understand, what they did.
Plenty of seats at the village meetings held twice a month at village hall, open to everyone, and plenty of parking in the garage next to village hall.
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