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From the Editor
Kudos to you, Glenview voters
Jason Addy
Editor
I
spent more than a
few hours this past
weekend digging
through the results of the
2018 midterm elections,
and one thing was clear:
the voters of Glenview
deserve a shoutout.
Of the 33,725 people
who are registered to
vote within the Village
of Glenview, more than
23,000 showed up to cast
their ballots by mail or
at one of the 25 polling
places in the village,
according to unofficial
election results from the
office of Cook County
Clerk David Orr.
According to my
calculations — which are
based on statistics from
the 36 voting precincts
that include only village
residents — more than
63 percent of registered
voters in Glenview exercised
their right to vote.
That’s up from about 56
percent in the 2014 midterm
elections.
As detailed on Page 11,
almost 7,000 more people
voted at these precincts in
2018 than in 2014, and I
hope that is just the start
of a new trend.
So here’s to you, Glenview
voters. I challenge
you to do even better in
next spring’s hyperlocal
elections for the officials
who will make decisions
about your kids’
education, property taxes
and the direction of the
village.
Glenview District 34 @glenview34 posted this
photo Friday, Nov. 9, with: “The #WeAreD34
communication team had a blast this fall
coming to you live with the @GlenviewILPD.
Can’t wait to come back in the spring!”
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Northbrook/Glenview School District 30
posted this photo Friday, Nov. 9 on Facebook.
Bob Appel (left), a chaplain at the Glenview
American Legion Post #166, shakes hands
with Ron Walczak (right), a Vietnam War
veteran, while Willowbrook Principal Scott
Carlson looks on.
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go figure
23,000+
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The number of people who
voted in Glenview during the
2018 midterm elections.
Letter to the Editor
Josselyn Center board
member thanks trustees
I am writing to thank
and applaud the Village
of Glenview Trustees for
its 2019 special appropriations
to The Josselyn
Center, Youth Services,
North Shore Senior Center
and Family Services
at its board meeting on
Oct. 22. It is the responsibility
of government to
promote the welfare of
its citizens, especially its
most vulnerable. Some
believe the Village should
not take on this responsibility,
but imagine how
Glenview would change if
the Village did not provide
these services. Through
the Village Special Appropriations,
the Village
outsources its responsibilities
to those agencies who
are best able to provide
services to people with
mental health conditions,
foster the social and emotional
well-being of youth,
and the independence and
well-being of our seniors.
While I can’t speak for
all the organizations, I am
a board member of The
Josselyn Center, where I
see firsthand its enormous
impact on the welfare
of our community. 100
residents of Glenview received
comprehensive
mental health services last
year; 88 percent of whom
qualified for a reduced fee
based on income. The Josselyn
Center is the only
provider of outpatient
psychiatric services to
Medicaid recipients in 375
square miles. These residents
have no other option
for psychiatric care, other
than the ER or jail, which
are far more costly than
Josselyn’s outpatient care,
not to mention they are not
designed to be therapeutic.
The Josselyn Center’s
services are comprehensive,
which means all our
clients’ outpatient mental
healthcare needs are
provided under one roof,
where clinicians can easily
confer with one another to
improve outcomes.
The Josselyn Center has
been a part of Glenview’s
community safety net for
67 years, and is just as important
as its great schools,
beautiful parks and safe
roads. Glenview would
not be the same desirable
place to live without these
services.
In outsourcing these
services, the Village has
a responsibility to insure
that the agencies which receive
its appropriations are
efficient and careful stewards
of these tax dollars.
The Josselyn Center provided
$144,007 of mental
health services to Glenview
residents last year,
and it sought and received
$110,684 from Medicaid
and insurance billing, thus
greatly reducing the burden
on local tax payers. It
is costly for us to maintain
our Medicaid license, but
we see it as our responsibility
to local tax payers
to maximize every dollar
available from Federal and
State sources.
Because of The Josselyn
Center’s services, our
neighbors and community
members are more likely
to remain employed or
seek employment, succeed
in school, raise healthy
families, pay taxes and
contribute to our great
community. Statistically,
one in five of our community
members will experience
a mental health condition
in the coming year.
It’s all of us. I’m so proud
that Glenview supports
our community health center,
The Josselyn Center.
Mary Campobasso
Josselyn Center Board
member
The Glenview
Lantern
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