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I have not written an OP ED piece in a while, so I will take this opportunity to do so. I couldn't help but take notice as I attended a Village Board meeting Tuesday night, March 7, 2017 with all of the political dribble. One Trustee asked about "who voted or gave authorization to move" $2 million dollars out of the water fund, which honestly I want to know as well! He has been asking since January to no avail, can't wait to find out who did authorize this, I digress... Another Trustee was defending her mama for once again not doing her job as Village Clerk. Yet another was talking about getting her campaign signs taken down by some imaginary "thems" and her two supporters in the audience gave her the clap.
You see Tuesday was the 60th Anniversary of a historic election for Sauk Village. On March 7, 1957, a small group of 55 homeowners went to the polls and voted on a referendum. The question they voted on was "Shall the Village of Sauk Village be incorporated", well needless to say that if people truly cared about the community they serve someone would have made mention of this historic day at last night's meeting. Sauk Village was officially incorporated on March 12, 1957, by the Secretary of State, after voters approved that referendum!
As I sat at this meeting watching the few same sorry people who support the administration blindly, who attend these meetings week after week as if they were going to a weekly "controversial church" service, serving as the "AMEN" corner! You would have thought that this opportunity would have been used to honor the Village's historic milestone, but alas not so much. Celebrate the moment of a historic achievement! But no, not this administration! Instead, they are too busy focusing on keeping their job that they did not do their job! Was glad to see a couple of new faces and some of others who hadn't attended in a while.
I sat shaking my head wondering what the founders of Sauk Village would think of this administration and the poison politics that it allows. The evil that is in Village Hall today should be disturbing to all residents. It's time for an exorcism of sorts on April 4th!
While some say they want to celebrate Sauk Village's 60th Anniversary raise money and blow up fire works in a 15 minute "hooray for me" moment, they do not fully appreciate Sauk Village's history. You heard of "fake news", these would be "fake people"! They do not appreciate the sacrifices that so many men and women made for Sauk Village, nor the historical significance and contributions that they made to Sauk Village. They are too self absorbed to care about anything other than themselves.
I have made it no secret that I support Derrick Burgess and let me explain why. You see I had the opportunity to sit and talk to Derrick yesterday before the Village Board meeting. You can see the passion Derrick has for Sauk Village when he talks about the community. You can see that he honors the past but looks toward the future. When I speak to him about the history of the community, he truly appreciates it! Derrick Burgess is the "real deal" and you see that in so few "politicians", that is why Derrick Burgess appeals to a large cross-section of people in Sauk Village and throughout the area.
I was proud to have witnessed a historic moment last week, when Derrick Burgess met the grand-daughter of the late and former Mayor Roger Theisen. In fact, Derrick Burgess lived on the very road named in Theisen's honor for two decades! It was Derrick Burgess who honored the history and service of the former First Lady Patsy Nichols when she passed away. No other honors were given by the current mayor or any other Trustees! How sad for Sauk Village!
So while this administration and their supporters say they care about Sauk Village, they truly are too self absorbed to care about the history, the sacrifices and the many people who paved the way to the offices they find themselves today.
Derrick Burgess, Cecial Tates and Kelvin Jones stand on the shoulders of those who came before them! People like Matt Murphy, Charlie Collins, Bob Werner, Dick Derosier, Richard Startz, Ray Gavin, Herb VonBorstel, Frank Wagner, Roger Theisen, Thomas Nichols, Agnes Theodore and many others! While the others there today merely sit in the chairs once occupied by these good people on Tuesday evening and acknowledge nothing of the men and women who made Sauk Village the community it once was, nor have they done so in the last 8 years!
Derrick Burgess will pave the way to a Pathway to Progress for Sauk Village's future! Derrick Burgess will make the founders of Sauk Village proud!
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