| Good morning. If you are new to this newsletter, welcome. Each weekday morning, we preview for you our editorials and all of the exclusive Opinion content in the paper, often from must-read names. Get your friends to sign-up, too! There's lots of good stuff in a section that runs separately from our famed newsroom. Where do Chicago tourists spend the time? The answer, of course, is in our attraction-laden downtown. That's not to say our neighborhoods lack the ability to draw adventurous visitors, but tourism should be all about our downtown economic engine. Sunday, the editorial board asked if our tourism bosses actually know that. Today, we write about Galena, one of this state's most charming towns in a region of Illinois that could use the economic activity. But a persuasive NIMBY held up a new resort that promised to create hundreds of jobs. What was the story out in Galena? See below. We're also writing today about property taxes and lamenting, not for the first time, the arrival in mailboxes of those big (and ever bigger) bills, just as Chicago families are saving for the upcoming holiday season. We have some suggestions for the future. Finally, if you are a fan of Alinea, the superb Chicago restaurant, you'll want to read our message for its staff. Our architecture columnist Edward Keegan writes this week about the Revolution Workshop in Garfield Park. What is it? See below. Our wise veteran columnist Clarence Page has a few things to say about the Jeffrey Epstein matter, which never seems to leave the news, and we also have interesting pieces for you on the housing crisis and also on the problems facing colleges, not just small ones but major institutions like Columbia College and DePaul University. Finally, what does Lou Sandoval, who recently stepped down as the president of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, want to say before he makes his exit? You'll find that below, too. Along with your letters, of course. Have a great week. — Chris Jones, editorial page editor Submit an op-ed | Submit a letter to the editor | Meet the Tribune Editorial Board | Subscribe to this newsletter | 
