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🌱 Patch AM: La Grange Quietly Shifts Affordable Housing Panel's Role

Spotted on the La Grange calendar: Family Fun Night Petting Zoo

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Hey there, La Grange! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • La Grange quietly reshaped its affordable housing task force's power
  • La Grange police drawn into bitter Lyons Township political feud

Also on today's calendar: Family Fun Night Petting Zoo and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Saturday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 64.
  • Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 70 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• La Grange Quietly Shifts Affordable Housing Panel's Role (patch.com) — La Grange residents are learning that village staff quietly redefined a planned affordable housing task force into an informal, resident-led group without a clear mandate, despite earlier board votes. The change has sparked an open meetings complaint, questions about decisions made outside public view, and an ongoing review by the Illinois attorney general. The outcome could shape how future housing policy discussions are conducted in La Grange.
   

• Lyons Township 'Ghost Payroll,' Girlfriend Trips Alleged (patch.com) — Residents in La Grange are at the center of an escalating Lyons Township political feud, with Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg and her husband filing a harassment report at the La Grange police station against Supervisor Christopher Getty. The report includes disputed claims about a supposed ghost payroll, travel spending, and surveillance, which Getty strongly denies, while La Grange police review the allegations and related anonymous messages. The controversy also touches La Grange's Plan Commission through Jeff Hoffenberg's role.
   

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Ok La Grange! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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