BEFORE
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ILLINOIS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
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VILLAGE
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LAKE BARRINGTON,
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CUBA TOWNSHIP, PRAIRIE RIVERS
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NETWORK, SIERRA CLUB, BETH
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Respondents.
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SLOCUM LAKE DRAINAGE DISTRICT
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OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY AND VILLAGE)
OFWAUCONDA, ILLINOIS
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Respondents.
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THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PRINTEDON RECYCLED PAPER
AL PHILLIPS, VERN MEYER, GAYLE
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DEMARCO, GABRIELLE MEYER, LISA)
O’DELL, JOAN LESLIE, MICHAEL
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DAVEY, NANCY DOBNER, MIKE
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POLITO, WILLIAMS PARK
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IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, MAT
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SCHLUETER, MYLITH PARK LOT
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OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DONALD
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KREBS, DON BERKSHIRE, JUDY
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BRTJMME, TWIN POND FARMS
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HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, JULIA
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TUDOR and CHRISTiNE DEVINEY,
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Petitioners
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05-59
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(3rd Party NPDES Permit
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(Consolidated)
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY AND VILLAGE)
OF WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS
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NOTICE OF FILING
TO: See attached Certificate of Service
Please take notice that on January 11, 2005, I filed with the Illinois Pollution Control
Board an original and nine copies of this Notice ofFiling and Response and Objection to Joint
Motion to Realign and/or Join Parties as Third Party Respondents and Leave to Amend,
copies of which are attached hereto and hereby served
Dated: January 11, 2005
Percy L. Angelo
Russell R. Eggert
Kevin G. Desharnais
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
190 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
312-782-0600
One of the Attorneys for the Village ofLake
Barrington and Cuba Township
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THIs DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Kevin Desharnais, an attorney, hereby certifies that a copy ofthe foregoing Notice of
Filing and Response and Objection to Joint Motion to Realign and/or Join Parties as Third
Party Respondents and Leave to Amend
was served on the persons listed below by First Class
U. S.
Mail, proper postage prepaid, on January 11, 2005.
Sanjay K. Sofat
James Allen Day
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Legal Counsel
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
William D. Seith
Total Environmental Solutions, P.C.
631 East Butterfield Road
Suite 315
Lombard, Illinois 60148
Jay J. Glenn
Attorney at Law
2275 Half Day Road
Suite 350
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
Rudolph F. Magna, Jr.
Magna & Johnson
495 North Riverside Drive
Suite 201
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Bradley P. Halloran
Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Bonnie L. Macfarlane
Bonnie Macfarlane, P.C.
106 West State Road
P.O. Box 268
Island Lake, Illinois 60042
Albert Ettinger
Environmental Law and Policy Center
35 East Wacker Drive
Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Percy L. Angelo
Russell R. Eggert
Kevin G. Deshamais
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
190 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
312-782-0600
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THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
VILLAGE OF LAKE BARRINGTON,
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CUBA TOWNSHIP, PRAIRIE RIVERS
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CLCRK’S
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NETWORK, SIERRA CLUB, BETH
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SLOCUM LAKE DRAINAGE DISTRICT
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OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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PROTECTION AGENCY AND VILLAGE)
OF WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS
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Respondents.
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Tills DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL
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OF WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS
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Respondents.
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RESPONSE AND
OBJECTION TO JOINT MOTION TO REALIGN
AND/OR JOIN
PARTIES AS THIRD PARTY RESPONDENTS AND LEAVE TO AMEND
The Village of Lake Barrington (“Lake Barrington”) and Cuba Township (“Cuba
Township”), by their attorneys Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, object and respond to the
Joint Motion to Realign and/or Join Parties as Third Party Respondents and Leave to Amend
(“Joint Motion”) filed by Slocum Lake Drainage District of Lake County (“Drainage
District”) and the petitioners designating themselves as the Resident Group as follows:
1.
The Drainage District and the Resident Group apparently seek to amend their
petition forreview of the NPDES permit issued to the Village ofWauconda (“Wauconda”)
on August 23, 2004, to add and realign the original petitioners in this matter, Lake
Barrington and Cuba Township, as respondents rather than petitioners. This request must be
rejected. There is no jurisdiction or authority for such an action in the Environmental
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AL PHILLIPS, VERN MEYER, GAYLE
DEMARCO, GABRIELLE MEYER, LISA
O’DELL, JOAN LESLIE, MICHAEL
DAVEY, NANCY DOBNER, MIKE
POLITO, WILLIAMS PARK
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, MAT
SCHLUETER, MYLITH PARK LOT
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, DONALD
KREBS, DON BERKSHIRE, JUDY
BRUMME, TWIN POND FARMS
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, JULIA
TUDOR and CHRISTINE DEVINEY,
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Protection Act (“Act”) or the Board rules and no standing in the movants to make such
request against fellow petitioners. If viewed as a permit appeal amendment, it is months
beyond the time limits for NPDES permit appeals provided in the Act and the rules. It is
based upon statements that are simply not correct, and it serves no apparent purpose other
than a transparent attempt to harass or intimidate the original petitioners on this appeal by
making them respondents. It should be denied.
2.
The NPDES permit for an expansion of the Wauconda sewage treatment
plant was issued August 23, 2004 after extensive public participation. As the discharge
from that plant goes to Fiddle Creek which flows through Lake Barrington and Cuba
Township, Lake Barrington and Cuba Township were significant participants in that public
participation process, consulting with residents and environmental groups, retaining expert
consultants, performing independent testing and submitting testimony and comments. On
September 17, 2004, Lake Barrington and Cuba Township, along with certain citizens and
the Sierra Club and Prairie Rivers Network, filed an appeal of certain substantive provisions
ofthat permit. PCB
05-55.
Ten days later, on September 27, 2004, the Drainage District
and the Resident Group filedtheir own appeals of the permit. PCB
05-58
and 05-59. In
addition to certain of the substantive issues raised by Lake Barrington and Cuba Township,
the additional petitioners also challenged the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
procedures used in conducting the public participation process.
3.
In light of the importance ofthe substantive issues involved, following the
filing of their appeal Lake Barrington and Cuba Township continued to discuss their
substantive concerns relative to the permit with Wauconda with the aim of arriving at an
Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) to settle those issues. While the law and the courts
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encourage private discussions to settle litigation, in fact the discussions in this instance
sought out public input. Contrary to the movants’ characteri,zation of these discussions as
“secret negotiations” (Joint Motion
¶
4), they were widely publicized. They were a regular
public agenda item on the monthly Lake Barrington Village Board agenda; they were the
subject of a locally televised PowerPoint presentation; and environmental groups and
residents were regularly briefed and their views solicited along with those of other
governmental entities. As a governmental party with the authority to enter into
intergovernmental agreements, movant Drainage District was itself invited to participate in
these discussions, received a working draft and did attend two sessions on September 15,
2004 and October 7, 2004 until it declined to attend further. It is simply not correct to
describe these discussions as “secret negotiations.” See the attached affidavit ofLake
Barrington Village Trustee Kevin Richardson describing the public input process.’ The
discussions led to an IGA pursuant to 5 ILCS 220/1 et seq. between the governmental
parties. Significantly, despite Movants’ reference to “secret negotiations,” there is no
evidence or suggestion that improper procedures were employed in arriving at the IGA.
4.
The IGA, which is attached to the Joint Motion, calls forWauconda to meet
more stringent standards than imposed in the NPDES permit under appeal (essentially
barring any increase in pollutants over current pre-expansion levels) and to accept a revised
Numerous efforts were also made by Lake Barrington officials to solicit views and input from Jay Glenn, a
self-described leader of the Resident Group. It became apparent, however, that Mr. Glenn’s objectives were
focused on halting the Wauconda discharge altogether (“plug the pipe”). As Mr. Glenn recently wrote in one
of his widely distributed emails attached to the affidavit of Trustee Kevin Richardson, “There should be a halt
to development until traffic, water, sewer, schools, open space are resolved.” (December 29, 2004). A
previous email from Mr. Glenn, also attached to Trustee Richardson’s affidavit, stated, “Any person attempting
to negotiate on behalfof the Residents should understand the Resident bottom line:
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1. PLUG THE
PIPE- The current WWWTP/VOW pipe must be removed, there will be no connection between the
WWWTP/VOW and Fiddle Creek, Fiddle Marsh, Fiddle Lake, Slocum Lakeor the adjacent wetlands;” (Sept
2, 2004).
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NPDES permit incorporating those more stringent standards. Wauconda agrees to
implement a pretreatment program and to design its facilities so as to accommodate nitrogen
removal. In addition, the parties agree to work together to seek state funding forWauconda
so that it may implement nitrogen removal and undertake measures to restore the wetlands
complex associated with Fiddle Creek. Lake Barrington will also receive copies of the
Wauconda discharge results and a broad suite of sampling will occur at four groundwater
monitoring wells to be installed by Wauconda. All sampling data will be made available to
the public.
5.
The IGA commits Wauconda to provide advanced treatment of its effluent
—
on information and belief, among the most advanced treatment in the State
—
and to collect
effluent and groundwater data which will be invaluable in identifying the impacts ofthe
Wauconda sewage treatment plant, an element which was very important to the
environmental groups participating in the discussions. It further represents the success of a
cooperative approach to community-based environmental disagreements, in full compliance
with constitutional provisions supporting intergovernmental cooperation.
6.
The movants’ attack on the IGA and the parties which have entered into it is
confusing and its purpose unclear. In the view ofthe original petitioners, the IGA resolves
all of the well-founded substantive environmental objections to the Wauconda permit raised
in the public participation process. As far as the IGA participating parties have been able to
discern, the only substantive issue advanced by movants which is not specifically addressed
in the IGA is the movants’ desire to “plug the pipe”
—
that is, to bar any discharge by
Wauconda to Fiddle Creek as an apparent way of limiting growth and development in
Wauconda. After receiving expert advice and input from both environmental groups and the
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Lake County Forest Preserve District, Lake Barrington and Cuba Township were persuaded
that extending the Wauconda discharge to the Fox River through the construction of an
underground pipe would be disruptive to the Fiddle Creek wetlands complex and serve
merely to increase the negative impact to the Fox River where the discharge would empty.
The apparent growth and development-related objectives of the movants are neither a
relevant criterion nor appropriately considered in an NPDES permit appeal. Indeed, Lake
Barrington and Cuba Township have not sought to attack the Agency’s procedural process
for permit review; rather, they have instead focused on achievement ofresolution to the
substantive issues of concern. Significantly, movants have not identified any substantive
objections to the IGA which would explain their request for realignment ofthe original
petitioners. Their extraordinary request to the Board deserves at least some explanation of
their concern. In other words, even if realignment were available, why should. it be
provided? As a matter of the substance of the permit, what legitimate substantive goal do
they seek which is not being addressed by Lake Barrington and Cuba Township? Their
motion totally fails to address this central question.
7.
Nothing in the IGA makes any party other than Wauconda responsible for
treating the Wauconda wastewater. The original petitioners will not contribute wastewater
to the Wauconda discharge or operate the Wauconda plant. The fact that the constitutional
provision cited by movants authorizing IGAs is potentially broad does not mean that the
parties to this agreement have used the breadth of that authority. Nothing in the IGA
represents the formation of a governmental partnership “to move Wauconda
wastewater/affluent sic through the corporate limits of Village ofLake Barrington and
Cuba Township to the Fox River” as claimed by movants. (Joint Motion,
¶
11). If that were
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the case, every downstream government would be in partnership to “move” the wastewater
of upstream dischargers
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Peoria, for example, would “move” the wastewater from the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. That clearly is not the law.
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8.
The Act and Board rules provide no basis for the movants’ request. They
provide no authority for realignment. They give no authority to movants to claim against or
seek relief from the original petitioners in this case by making them respondents. No
precedent for such an extraordinary result is cited. The purpose and consequence of such an
action are unclear and certainly unexplained by movants. Are original petitioners now to be
considered the permittees? The joint motion appears to be nothing more than harassment of
the original petitioners for failure to adopt the “plug the pipe” agenda demanded by
movants.
9.
Further, the deadline for permit appeal filing in this matter was September
27, 2004. Movants’ request at this late date to add the original petitioners as respondents is
untimely if considered as a permit appeal. If it is considered as an attempt to bring an action
before the Board against Lake Barrington and Cuba Township, there is no basis for such
action as neither is a permittee of the NPDES permit under review. Either way, there is no
jurisdiction in the Board to grant the relief requested and the attempt to intimidate good faith
petitioners such as Lake Barrington and Cuba Township who seek relief from the Board as
authorized by statute by realigning them as respondents in Board proceedings should be
strongly rejected as a matter of policy and so that future third party appellants under the
statute should not be discouraged from responsible permit appeals.
Because there is no jurisdiction to grant the relief requested, because it is not
contemplated by the Act or the Board rules and because it serves no apparent purpose other
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than the harassment ofthe original petitioners in this appeal who have sought a responsible
substantive resolution ofthe issues involved, the movants’ joint motion should be denied.
January 11, 2005
Percy L. Angelo
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Russell R. Eggert
Percy
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Angelo
Kevin G. Desharnais
One of the attorneys for the Village of
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Lake Barrington and Cuba Township
190 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
312-782-0600
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AFFIDAVIT
Kevin
C.
Richardson, being duly sworn on oath, deposes and says:
1)
I
am a Trustee of the Village ofLake Barrington and have been actively involved
in the Village’s efforts relative to the Wauconda NPDES permit, its appeal ofthat permit, and its
participation in an Intergovernmental Agreement (“IGA”) with the Village ofWauconda and
Cuba Township.
2)
Upon the August 23, 2004 issuance of the amended Wauconda NPDES permit,
Lake Barrington believed that the permit failed to address a number ofimportant substantive
issues which continued to be of concern to the Village. In addition to filing an appeal ofthat
permit with the Pollution Control Board, Lake Barrington continued discussions with the
Village ofWauconda to try to resolve and settle those issues. Those discussions took place over
several months and were successful in leading to additiorial limitations on and monitoring ofthe
Wauconda discharge beyond those contained in the NPDES permit under appeal. Wauconda,
Lake Barrington and Cuba Township embodied those agreements in the IGA which was
executed December 17, 2004 and is attached to the Joint Motion to Realign and/or Join Parties as
Third Party Respondents and Leave to Amend (“Joint Motion”).
3)
While settlement negotiations are generally not subject to disclosure, Lake
Barrington sought to maximize public input into the IGA. An environmental engineering
consulting firm was retained to provide expert technical advice. Regular progress reports were
made at the publicly open portions ofthe monthly meetings ofthe Lake Barrington Village
Board and an extensive PowerPoint presentation was made to the Village Board and broadcast to
the community over local cable access TV. While only governmental bodies or corporations
maybe parties to an intergovernmental agreement, citizens, environmental groups and other
governmental entities (not a party to the IGA) were regularly consulted on the IGA and their
views introduced into settlement deliberations.
4)
The allegation in the Joint Motion that the IGA was arrived at in “secret
negotiations” is simply not correct. Movant Slocum Drainage District was provided an early
draft ofthe IGA and invited to participate in discussions. It attended two meetings (September
15,
2004 and October 7, 2004) and then declined to participate further. Additionally, I had
numerous communications with Jay Glenn, who represented himself to be a leader ofa resident
group and is currently representing Movant Resident Group. Mr. Glenn indicated that his goal
was to end the Wauconda discharge into Fiddle Creek entirely. His shorthand description ofthis
position was to “plug the pipe.” He made it clear that the negotiation ofmore stringent permit
limitations with Wauconda was an unacceptable alternative to “plugging the pipe”. Under these
circumstances, further communication with Mr. Glenn became unavailing. Copies oftwo emails
widely circulated by Mr. Glenn are attached and express the same positions he communicated to
me in response to my attempts to elicit his constructive involvement in the Lake Barrington
efforts. They also state his view that area development should be halted until his issues were
resolved. (See emails dated September 2, 2004 and December 29, 2004).
5)
The IGA achieved with Wauconda and attached to the Joint Motion meets all of
the substantive environmental objectives of Lake Barrington in the public proceedings leading up
to the NPDES permit and in Lake Barrington’s appeal ofthat permit. Mr. Glenn never identified
any environmental objectives he desired in the permit, beyond those sought by Lake Barrington,
other than his statements regarding the total elimination of the Wauconda discharge into Fiddle
Creek.
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Kevin C. Richardson
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this /~ day of
Janu ry, 2005.
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Good Afternoon All
I am on a timeline and I am preparing to file an Appeal of the WWWTPNOW
NPDES Permit.
I have a number of Residents who have asked to be named.
I have been told that there are negotiations between Village of Wauconda and Village of Lake
Barrington. I am not now and I have never been a part of those negotiations. No one has shared a Draft
of any Intergovernmental Agreement with me.
I will file on September 20th, 18 days from now.
Any person attempting to negotiate on behalf of the Residents should understand the Resident
bottom line:
1. PLUG THE PIPE - The current WWWTPIVOW pipe must be removed, there will be no connection
between the WWWTPNOW and Fiddle Creek, Fiddle Marsh, Fiddle Lake, Slocum Lake or the adjacent
wetlands;
2. Any Agreement must satisfy 100 of the water quality goals of the Sierra Club, Friends of Fox
and Prairie River Network experts. I want our efforts to result in a benchmark for river discharges,
respecting the river, and those who depend on it.
3. No increase in discharge will be permitted, so no temporary increased discharges pending
construction of new sewage transmission infrastructure will not be agreed to.
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4. Wauconda must begin to finance repair of the environmental damage it has caused to
downstream Residents, both the wetlands, drainage ditch and Slocum Lake.
I don’t believe I can state the Resident case any clearer.
Jay Glenn
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Good Morning All
I am not sure how many Lake County Residents went to the listening
sessions and asked our County Board to raise sales taxes. My bet is that
the Lake County PR machine interperted every Resident comment as a silent
request to raise taxes. We will see about that.
I have followed this discussion and note common developments and
activities.
One year ago next week, I forwarded to the entire County Board and
others the attached study dealing with Pennsylvania, note the link. I was
home last Christmas (2003) and everyone was discussing the Brookings Study.
The sturctural problems outlined in Pennsylvania are the same FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUES facing Illinois and Lake County. As usual, our elected have chosen
to ignore both the possible identification of the structural problems and
possible solutions. Illinois is mentioned as the worst State in the United
States, by the way, in a Small Box way.
Now one year latter The Brookings Institute is reviewing progress in
Pennsylvania, and a number of Lake County “elected” and others are still
dancing around the real problem. Until we discuss the Big Box and Small
Box issue, nothing will change. Special interest groups builders/highways
companys/toliway authority/chamber of commerce will push their agenda. On
the other side “others” will dance with the traffic issue.
Maryland has stopped construction of new superhighways, they don’t
work.
I will not vote for any increase in any taxes sales, property tax
I am taking orders for a new collectors set of Bobblehead Dolls of
each of our Lake County Board Members.
I write this from Wauconda Township,
Lake County, Illinois. This
Township rnay be the most polluted area in the United States. Many hundreds
of my upstream neighbors can no longer use their wells because of a toxic
leachate plume from Wauconda Sand & Gravel Superfund Site has contimanated
their groundwater. My downstream neighbors are currently litigating to
protect our groundwater, surface waters and and environment from further
degredation from the Village of Wauconda. Individuals and organizations on
this E-List do not agree. Perhaps they know better, we will know soon.
There should be a halt to development until traffic, water, sewer,
schools, open.space are resolved.
Jay Glenn
