DEAR SAUK VILLAGE RESIDENTS | Nearly 200 Sauk Villagers have already voted for Mayor in early voting. If you have not yet early voted, this coming Tuesday, April 4th Sauk Villagers will head to the polls to elect your new Mayor, new Village Clerk and new Village Trustees. David Hanks sent out a missive to his minions asking them to rally behind his chosen candidates, which are no less than a bunch of Bobble Heads!
Hanks says "much has been accomplished without placing future generations further in debt over the last four years..." Well first of all, let's tell the residents the facts! $10.2 million is owed to the Pension Funds, $32 million is owed in General Obligation Bonds which Hanks himself voted for during his tenure in office, Hanks's administration took over $2 million from the water fund which must be repaid! The Village has not had a bond rating since 2011 due to the financial mismanagement which he has continued over the last four years! If he could have, he would have plunged the Village deeper into debt! Thank goodness he was not able to do so! So as Hanks leaves and according to the Village's 2015-16 Audit Report the Village is some $50 million in debt! Let's not even talk about the property tax increases Hanks himself voted for during his 18 year tenure in office! THANKS HANKS and THANK GOD you're leaving!
Personally, we cannot wait until he fades off "into non-political retirement" on May 9th, it will truly be a moment to celebrate! We do agree that Sauk Village residents have a choice either to continue his legacy of failure - taking a giant leap backwards or the Village can actually vote for a New Direction and a Pathway to Progress!
Hanks points out there are three candidates running for Mayor and only one has the vision which is clearly DERRICK BURGESS and yet two other that will continue Hanks's brand of "progress", the lack of transparency and the overall failed past practices that Sauk Village has experienced the last few years. The other two candidates based on their propaganda and comments at the recent board meetings and forum want to pick up where the current administration left off and plunge the village futher into failure!
Based on Hanks's two preferred candidates' campaign promises, if either is elected they will take Sauk Village further in debt placing the additional costs on you and future generations through stealing money from the water fund, taking out high interest loans and raising resident’s fees to record highs………Everything this current administration has done to the residents over the course of the last four years!
There is no way these candidates can keep their promises without selling out the residents of Sauk Village.
Many residents have been asking us who is best to do the job! Let me make this perfectly clear!
Next Tuesday, you, your family, your friends and neighbors should vote for the following independent candidates, who truly do care, who own homes, who all have had successful jobs, who do not need to steal your money because they have earned their own, who do not have to shake down village vendors for personal trips- they can pay their own way! Here are the only candidates you can trust with your money:
FOR MAYOR: DERRICK BURGESS Punch #1
FOR CLERK: MARVA CAMPBELL-PRUITT Punch #5
FOR TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR 3):
- RODRICK GRANT Punch #6
- BERNICE BREWER-HOUSTON Punch #7
- BETH ZUPON Punch #8
Sauk Village, if you do not want to continue the failure and continue down the Highway to Hell that the current administration has been heading with years of: disrespecting residents, excessive legal expenses caused by David Hanks and Debbie Williams, fear, bullying, shake downs, extortion, FAKE CRIME STATISTICS, unanswered Audit Findings, Criminal Indictments of Village Officials (ie Village Treasurer)! Then join the majority of Village residents and cast your vote for CHANGE, a NEW DIRECTION and a PATHWAY TO PROGRESS and real Independent Candidates and not a bunch of BOBBLE HEADS!
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