HANKS SHOULD RESIGN... NOW!

OPINION EDITORIAL
by Sauk Village Voice

Never before in the history of the Village has a mayor openly criticized his own Police Chief that he himself appointed and other village employees.  David Hanks took the opportunity to criticize former Chief of Police Tim Holevis and current Police Sergeant Rebecca Sailsbery at his meet the mayor event this month claiming they were "destroying the village".

First, David Hanks seems to forget that he appointed Holevis Chief of Police and sang his praises at that time.  In a post on (September 17, 2013) David Hanks’ Facebook page, you know the one he said he never goes on, Hanks said:

Mayor David Hanks considers the appointment a much needed boost for the morale of the department as well as a feeling of stability for the community. Restoring Pride and Progress is a daily battle. Chief Holevis and the entire Police Department have the support of the Mayor and the Board of Trustees to do whatever is needed to provide safety to our residentsMayor David Hanks considers the appointment a much needed boost for the morale of the department as well as a feeling of stability for the community. Restoring Pride and Progress is a daily battle. Chief Holevis and the entire Police Department have the support of the Mayor and the Board of Trustees to do whatever is needed to provide safety to our residentsMayor David Hanks considers the appointment a much needed boost for the morale of the department as well as a feeling of stability for the community. Restoring Pride and Progress is a daily battle. Chief Holevis and the entire Police Department have the support of the Mayor and the Board of Trustees to do whatever is needed to provide safety to our residentsMayor David Hanks considers the appointment a much needed boost for the morale of the department as well as a feeling of stability for the community. Restoring Pride and Progress is a daily battle. Chief Holevis and the entire Police Department have the support of the Mayor and the Board of Trustees to do whatever is needed to provide safety to our residents

“M””Mayor David Hanks considers the appointment (of Tim Holevis) a much needed boost for the morale of the department as well as feeling of stability for the community.  Restoring Pride and Progress is a daily battle.

Chief Holevis and the entire Police Department have the support of the Mayor and Board of Trustees to do whatever is needed to provide safety to our residents”

How does one go from pouring praise upon your own appointee to destroying the police department’s morale and telling the residents of Sauk Village that Holevis and Sailsbery were “destroying the village”.  Oh and now there is no crime in Sauk Village since Holevis left and crime is dramatically down?  Really?  I hope he can smell what he's shoveling!

Second, Hanks has attacked Trustees who do not agree with his political dogma or ask him questions calling them "lazy" and wanting to be "spoon fed".  Hanks stated at a village meeting he wants residents to be arrested and removed from meetings if they go over an arbitrary 3 minute time limit.  Hanks continues to disrespect residents, village employees and Village Trustees whenever the mood strikes him.  He is more concerned about people who talk about him than about moving the village forward.

Third, Hanks is a coward and uses his three Bobble Head trustees Rosie Williams, Lynda Washington and Ed Myers to do his bidding.  Hank’s actions cost him two of his Bobble Heads in April, 2015 and many residents who once supported Hanks and his coalition have abandoned him and realized that he is not what he portrayed himself to be in 2013.  He is a proven LIAR and a hypocrite! 

Now the Village faces a multi-million dollar lawsuit as a result of Hanks’ reckless actions and the residents of Sauk Village will be left to pick up the tab long after Hanks is gone in 2017.  David Hanks you should do the taxpayers of Sauk Village a big favor and give them an early Christmas gift... RESIGN NOW!  But you are too  arrogant and self centered to do that, but the time is now to begin the calls for Hanks’ resignation!  The time is now for residents to begin the process of telling the remaining three Bobble Heads your time is up!  2017 cannot come soon enough, but the time is now for the Bobble Heads to say David Hanks you’re a proven LIAR, we can no longer follow an arrogant liar, self serving hypocrite and misogynistic megalomaniac who is costing taxpayers money by his words and actoins!  But that would take one thing that those three bobble heads clearly do not have!  Integrity!

SENIOR GROUP CLAIMS RACE IS KEEPING THEM OUT

By Sauk Village Voice
SAUK VILLAGE|  A group of senior citizens known as the Seniors for Relaxation Organization (or S.R.O.) is claiming that they are being discriminated against by the Mayor David Hanks and the Village because they are not permitted to have the exclusive use of the Senior Citizen Center.

Members of the S.R.O. have been coming to the Village meetings for months asking for the Mayor and Village Board to intervene on their behalf.  Tuesday night, Cleve Lawrence the organization’s  President, Nathan Griffin and Frank Harvey, all African-American came forward and implied that they are not being permitted exclusive use of the Senior Center because their group is African-American.

At previous village meetings the Chairperson of the Senior Citizen Committee, Rose Langston said the group was welcome on days that there would be “overseers” present on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month.  There are 3 other Senior Citizen groups, comprised mostly of Caucasian members, who have exclusive use of the Senior Citizen Center.  The committee gave a copy of what the committee adopted as “policy” for the use of the Center to Hanks Tuesday night.  The Village Board of Trustees has not seen the so-called policy nor did they vote to adopt any such policies.  Some took exception to the term “overseer” as racist terminology going to back to the days of slavery.  “Why is it that only the black group needs an overseer and not the other groups?  How openly racist can you be” one long-time Caucasian resident said.

According to Lawrence the group was told that they had to pay to use the Senior Citizen Center.  “Why should one organization have to pay while the others do not?”  The group suggests that it is because they are African-American and the others comprised of Caucasians pay nothing.

Trustee Derrick Burgess, suggested that Hanks and the S.R.O. group meet to resolve this and that Hanks should attempt to broker a deal so that the Organization could have their day to use the Senior Citizen Center.  “You remember Mr. Mayor when she (Langston) was having some issues a few years ago and you and I went and brokered a peace?  Well it’s time that this is done” Burgess said Tuesday night.

Hanks said he stands behind the Senior Citizen Committee and all committee chairpersons decisions and was not inclined to overrule what some call an openly racist decision.  Hanks did not say he opposes what some call the racist move by the senior committee.

“All we are wanting to do is provide seniors an opportunity to use a building which sits empty most of the time.  The building was intended to be used by the seniors, but only if you belong to the exclusive clubs.  But there are clearly some who do not feel that seniors should be permitted to do so.  We have come to the mayor on many occasions and he refuses to do anything” Lawrence said.

Longtime resident Larry Stewart, who had recently resigned the Senior Citizen Committee clearly calls the matter racist.  “Look they are doing everything they can to keep a certain group of people out of the Senior Citizen building because they are black and politically disagree with this administration” Stewart said Tuesday night.  “Until members of Senior Committee, which is very racist group, is told by the mayor to stop this open racism and black seniors are permitted to use the center I will not step foot in that Senior Center" Stewart said.