[SamInTheLoop]

So Crain's just reported on this new proposal (long e-w parcel south of K2) for which there will be a community meeting with the panderman next week (nov. 3).......being jointly hosted by Reilly and NOWL (Neighbors of West Loop). Who exactly is this outfit? Seems like the splintering of WLCO and proliferation of exiled branches of WLCO may be continuing? Anybody know the ins and outs of all these groups/what their leanings are??

So, we've got NOWL, WLRA (West Loop Residents Association), of course WLCO (West Loop Community Organization - and very interestingly, NOWL omitted WLCO from a list including the other above-mentioned neighborhood community organizations as ones that they collaborate with......which to me clearly suggest a history of bad blood there), and FRDA (Fulton River District Association).....am I missing any others?? Can anyone help us digest and navigate the organized nimby landscape as it stands today in the West Loop? Who's Katy Perry, and who's Taylor Swift - in the ongoing melodramatic, telenovelaic, hissyfit nimby saga that is the West Loop? I sure as shit can't keep up! From what I've seen of WLRA, they are total, bat-shit crazy nimby (enter into evidence: 111 S Peoria proposal fight).....but how should we think about, for instance, ranking all these west loop outfits, from 'most sensible' (if there is one that could potentially be called that.....perhaps a big IF) to most vehemently crazy nimby??