A recent incident involving threats from the Village of River Forest to remove memorial ribbons from trees in a River Forest parkway has sparked concerns and raised questions of bias.
The recent vandalism of Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb's home as Oak Park village board members voted down a measure to defend the police is a sign of a community in turmoil.
While Marie Newman was able to overcome the odds in upsetting an incumbent in a primary, she may struggle in navigating through questions about her voter registartion record.
About 100 youths gathered in protest outside of Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb’s home, where he was on a Zoom village board meeting addressing a “defund police” measure, following a rally at nearby Fox Park on Aug. 25.