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Marvin Austin’s funeral on Saturday, April 14, was the first I’ve ever attended that ended with the mourners singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
I don’t think Homewood is going to become Brooklyn anytime soon. But, judging from the reaction to the “Think Homewood” promotional campaign, you’d think the village is trying to portray itself as the next hipster paradise.
Why was Edward Klein carrying a gun? It’s been a couple of months since a DuPage County judge ordered Klein — who last May shot Homewood resident Michael Case — to be committed to a secure facility in Wisconsin that specializes in treating seniors with dementia. The case has been resolved, but questions for our society remain.
Ann Lousin, a professor at John Marshall Law School, was a research assistant at The Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1970. She writes about how home rule, especially the population threshold, came about.