When we started this site, the postings were made as the site itself. This was done to ensure that the public didn’t mistake my views as a private citizen for those coming from a village employee. However, during the last election, my identity as an employee of the Village...
Elections
Post Election
First, I’d like to offer my congratulations to the winners of yesterday’s elections. Both Trustee Sabbe and Trustee Humpfer have declared their intent to listen and be honest. I welcome that, and I WILL hold you to it! Election seasons are rarely as contentious as they were this time,...
Final Thoughts before the Election
A lot has certainly happened over the last month. I wanted to recap a few things for my readers, and fellow citizens of the Village of Carpentersville and to provide a final thought before the election. 1. Despite a very desperate attempt by the Incumbent Trustees, Mr. Burroway and...
Public Funds for Elections?
Here’s a question: Is it illegal to use village funds in conjunction with election campaigning? I only ask, because Business Cards bought and paid for by the Village for Village Trustees probably should end up here: These are being delivered by Trustee Burroway while he and his supporters...
Needs of the Community
Readers of this blog, and to the community in Carpentersville … what are the needs of the community? What is it that Trustees are supposed to do? There are so many answers for that – unique to each resident, and as wide and diverse as the members of our...
Professional Behavior
Here it is .. long awaited. Now, the clip below is taken from the main video. You can full 7 minute video here: March 14th, 2015. I’ve clipped out the first few minutes that show a few people talking with each. The rest is for you to view here:...
Let’s Talk about “Misinformation” (3)
Why is proper Fire Department staffing so important? There are agencies in the United States such as Underwriter’s Laboratories and NIST that conduct scientific studies in many different areas of employment, one of them is firefighter safety and occupant survival. Over the course of the past few years, their...
Let’s Talk about “Misinformation” (2)
Continuing our multi-part post on Village Board Statements vs Village Documents we have an email from Deputy Chief Skillman. Last Saturday, when pressed, Deputy Chief Skillman said the Fire Department manning is good. On several occassions, DPS Popp and D/C Skillman have both said that manning is adequate and...
Let’s Talk about “Misinformation”
Starting off our multi-part post on Village Board Statements vs Village Documents we have the 2014 Federal SAFER Grant Application. Over the course of the next few days, we are going to be posting various village documents that directly contradict what the Village Board Members say in public. Remember...
Board Meetings
Does anyone else ever notice that Board Meetings are always the same. We listen to them praise each other, berate those that having differing opinions and finally speak about things which they really don’t understand … Case in point: Trustee Rehberg spoke about a QuadCom initiative to that will reduce...
