by Sauk Village Resident
Thomas James
TRANSPARENCY???? YOU decide.
Bear with me as I go back in time. David Hanks was elected as our new Mayor. Good thing? I'm not too sure now but reserve the right to CHANGE MY MIND.
#1. Mayor Hanks with the approval of the bobble heads got rid of all legal groups and made Odleson and Sterk group our only legal group. Now Odleson and Sterk basically own and run our town (in this author's opinion). Mayor Hanks is making questionable decisions, is this based on the advise of this legal group?
#2, Do you remember the REM group? Yep talk has it they were recommended by our legal group. Was this because the legal group had someone they wanted in the chief's seat? Now we have the chief WE wanted but paid the REM group to find us a Deputy Police Chief. To date we do not have a deputy chief.
#3. A referendum for 911 update was on the April ballot....did YOU see anything in the paper about this? Did you read it on Facebook? Obviously it wasn't important enough for our clerk to let residents know. She has pushed for her out of town Easter egg hunt than she did for the referendum. The referendum failed. David Hanks IS VERY SERIOUS about getting rid of the police dispatch service. We have State of the art communications equipment we still owe over a million dollars on. WE should be seeking other towns to bring their dispatch to us and WE could bring in the money....but our legal group again doesn't appear to think so.
#4. Did you know that on 2/12/14 Crete East Com who is being considered to take over our dispatch, dispatched a mutual aid call for our homeland security to assist in blocking off a lane of 394 in Crete. Our Homeland Security responded and blocked off the lane of 394 they were instructed to close. OUR people were on the highway doing their job to the best of their ability. What did East Com and Crete do? They completed their task and went home without notifying Sauk Village for over an HOUR. East Com now has 7 towns they dispatch for. They have 2 police dispatchers and 2 fire dispatchers to cover 7 towns. 2 of the new towns to sign on used their own radio's and told officers not to dispatch any traffic because East Com couldn't handle the calls. Does our legal group thinks they (East Com) are great? Just where the hell would we be if they had to handle last nights shooting, stabbing, fire, mobs forming, and domestics all at basically the same time? NO MAYOR HANKS, this is not acceptable. Keep our dispatchers where they are. Tell the legal group to stick to legal stuff and leave Sauk Village alone....WE ARE NOT FOR SALE.
If indeed this will go on in the not too distant future, it would behoove you MAYOR to have meetings and let the people voice their positions....YOU promised to hear the people when you ran and now you hide things so the people don't know anything until after the bobble heads vote the way you want them to. You have changed Mayor. Some of the things you very emphatically put Towers down for, you are doing. Dud the legal group get their way with (the selection of ) a Police chief? So now the pressure is on the Police Department! When did you plan on telling residents you are considering getting rid of OUR Police Department and bring in Cook County? You put down Towers for attempting this for God's sake. And your bobble Heads know This is true and believe me when I say you need to settle down the legal group and start being our Mayor and fulfilling the promises YOU made.
SO, to clarify: Was the REM group was recommended by our legal group? Was the quiet referendum was on the advice of our legal group? Was getting rid of our dispatch was on the advice of the legal group getting rid of 1 Police and 1 Fire dept. employees was that too on the advice of our legal group? Now ALL FOIA'S (Freedom of Information Act Requests) go to our legal group and it is costly......well, when our legal group paid for by resident's is representing the Village Clerk (Debbie Williams) for what she still say's was a personal trip, I smell a rat. Let the clerk pay for her (Williams) personal problems.
At a later date I will let residents know about what it will mean to Sauk Village dispatch service as well as having Cook County Police run our town. Did you know that the FOP person for the Police Dept retired and went to work for our legal group as a consultant? They have their hands in many issues and it is time Sauk Village demands answers NOW before OUR town is lost. Where are you P.L.A.N.? Are you still out there? I feel the same as when Towers was here...THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY.
The board needs to get their heads out of the sand and Quit bobbling. You really can't believe this craziness is for the good of the people. You don't talk to the people...you are where you are because of the promises YOU MADE. Now you ignore the people.
Oh yes one more thing...as you know we had a shooting, stabbing, mobs forming, domestic calls all around the same time, Lynwood PD, Cook County and State Police assisted OUR Sauk Village Police. Crete, Steger and South Heights Fire Departments responded for the fire call. OUR Homeland Security was on the scene. A Trustee showed up in the area. What for? I hope you don't think Sauk Village would pay if one of the mobs got active again and you got hurt. We the People put our TRUST in the men and women who were doing their jobs. Our trust is not with a bobblehead.
Ok people enough thought for now. I am not done by a long shot.....more later.
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