Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Winnetka Home Owners Association leader Carry Buck announced plans for the organization to go "back into the woodwork," 20 years after it started.
While the Winnetka Home Owners Association (WHOA) may be one of the most dividing organizations in the Village, there's no doubt that its had it's affect on the community — whether it was pushing for the election of specific local candidates or sending out email blasts to it's over 2,000 subscribers. But it just may be the end of an era, as WHOA founder and co-manager (along with Ann Dillon) Carry Buck announced plans to retire for the time being, according to a recent article by the Chicago Tribune. "We're definitely going back in the woodwork, unless something really important comes up," Buck told the Tribune. "We really feel the village is in good hands now." Buck, who recently sold her home, said she'd move to Florida for a month …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Winnetka Home Owners Association warned its readers who support Patrick Livney about potential harassing calls or visits.
The Winnetka Home Owners Association’s (WHOA) newsletter recently said some people who wrote to the organization reported receiving harassing phone calls or visits because of their support for a Village Trustee candidate. Winnetka police say no formal complaints have been filed regarding the issue. “I should probably warn everyone who has written to WHOA lately that they will likely get a harassing phone call (or even a visit) from someone who is tracking this blog and personally stalking everyone who has spoken up for Patrick Livney,” the newsletter said. Livney failed to get Winnetka Caucus Council's support to remain on the proposed Village Trustee slate in October. Joe Adams replaced him on the slate. At Tuesday night's Annual Town …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
More than 2,000 people voted against the initiative, while roughly 690 residents voted for the referendum.
Of the 2,722 Winnetkans who voted in the affordable housing referendum, roughly 75.4 percent voted down the initiative. Meanwhile only about 25.4 percent of voters, or 692 people, were in favor of the objecitve. "It's no surprise, the Village of Winnetka voted against affordable housing in 2005 when they voted for home rule, and just past summer 78 percent of the respondents to the caucus survey said they didn't want it." said Carry Buck, chair of WHOA, "This is what we expected and it's another landslide." Earlier: What Do You Think of the Winnetka Affordable Housing Referendum? But, according to Gail Schechter, the executive director of the Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs, the vote is an innaccurate gauge of Winnetkans …
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10:38 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
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