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George Slefo

About George

email: georges@patch.com

Phone: (847) 331-4596
Hometown: Skokie
Birthday: May 1, 1983

Bio: I grew up in Skokie and originally wanted to be a foreign correspondent. Now, I'm covering my hometown. I served in the United States Army, worked for then Senator Obama, covered the military for the Killeen Daily Herald and graduated from Columbia College Chicago, among other things.

 

POLITICS

How would you describe your political beliefs?

I grew up in a home where I voted for Obama, my mother voted for McCain, my sister voted for Ralph Nader and my oldest brother was undecided. As you can imagine, politics at the dinner table was usually pretty fierce. In the end, however, I vote for best man/woman for the job. 

Are you registered with a certain party? 

I am not registered with any political party.

RELIGION

How religious would you consider yourself? (Ie, casual, observant, devout, non-religious).

I'm Catholic and go to church on the holidays. In the future, I plan on going to church a little more, but right now life is hectic.

Do you identify with a certain religion? If so, which one?

See above.

LOCAL HOT-BUTTON ISSUES

What do you think are the most important issues facing the community? 

After attending a town hall meeting on June 24th, 2010, it was clear that Section 8 housing is the most controversial topic in town. Park safety and home burglaries are tied for second, in my opinion.

Where do you stand on each of these issues?

I haven't been able to investigate the issues to come to my own conclusion yet. Will update in the near future.

Recently

The Board

Leave a note for your neighbor

Marlena Jayatilake

10:39 am on Friday, April 20, 2012

Last night I was one of the many witnesses who saw a flying object in the sky at about 8:45p. I saw a bright white light that just quietly glided ever so slowly across the sky. All of a sudden and with a high rate of speed it dropped to tree level across McCormick and began to hover over the trees at the Sculpture Park. The bright white light turned red like a glowing light and travelled north and suddenly vanished. I called my husband at work immediately who convinced me that it was a helicopter. When he came home from work in the morning he said to me "honey you were right, there was an unidentified object in the sky and that ABC news covered it this morning!" Did anyone else see this in Skokie/Evanston last night?

Lynn Orman Weiss

12:28 pm on Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Photos in the Eddy Clearwater story need photo attribution. All photos by Alex Kluft & Lynn Orman Weiss for Orman Music & Media Group.... more can be found at
www.eddyclearwater.com Please sign up for our newsletter so we can keep in touch.
Thank you, Lynn Orman Weiss, ormanmusic@gmail.com
We appreciate the coverage from PATCH and the wonderful interview by George Castle. Eddy 'The Chief' enjoyed it very much!

Miranda Gallen

1:34 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2011

I came across this awesome story. I think you should pass it along to all your readers! Here’s the link to the web site… www.theguitarplayermovie.com

Thank you :)

Lynn Orman Weiss

10:31 am on Friday, January 14, 2011

Hi Skokie Friends ~ Join us tonight when your neighbor, Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater rocks the stage with his own brand of Rockin' Blues at SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave. in Evanston (Dempster & Chicago Ave.). Bring the whole family, dance, eat and drink and celebrate Eddy's 75th birthday ~ Have some cake and do the West Side Strut with Alligator Recording artist and your Skokie neighbor, Eddy!! Who Luvs You! Eddy does, www.eddyclearwater.com
847-452-6469

http://eddyclearwater.com/rm/invitation-Dec-23-2010.html