Letter to the Editor
Waldack: Seeking Reality TV? Come to a Village Council Meeting
Commissioner responds to colleagues, residents comments on storm cleanup and ComEd.
This meeting was all about the storms, including another storm cloud brewing over Village Hall. Commissioner (Bob) Barnett was clearly in campaign re-election mode as he may have been pandering to Downers Grove voters at their most vulnerable time. He suggested taxpayer funding of private property cleanup, which is a major flip-flop on his part from everything he has supported up to now, which would cost taxpayers about another $132,000. For a commissioner who was unwilling to collect $1 for the most vulnerable of our residents, he now seems to be supporting a policy change that may increase taxes by 25 times as much. After supporting over $1 million in tax increases, he may now be supporting $132,000 on top of the over $600,000 already …
Jeffrey Crane
9:41 am on Sunday, July 17, 2011
Village leaders depend on low turnout to further their agenda. Just a few hundred more voters and the outcome would change dramatically. Let's get "political." more ›