by Joseph Wiszowaty
SAUK VILLAGE | Governor Pat Quinn came to Sauk Village at
election time to announce a $4.8 million grant as part of his multi-billion
dollar clean water initiative Saturday afternoon. Quinn is in for the race of his political life this November and every vote counts which is why some question the timing of this announcement! Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner, who just picked up the endorsement of the Chicago Tribune and Crains Chicago Business, has been doing well in polling. Polls show Rauner with a slight advantage while other show a dead heat.
No doubt Sauk Village needs the money! After all, coincidentally, they have a $4.8 million loan which
could be paid off with the money saving the Village $287,000 per year in payments
over the next 20 years. Or they could
use the funds to repair and update the 50 year old infrastructure buried in the
ground. But the devil will be in the
details as they say! What can the
Village actually use this new found money for, that will be revealed soon enough.
What I’m skeptical about, can this grant vanish if let’s say
a new governor gets in office? Can this
grant get cancelled if Quinn gets re-elected and let’s say the state falls
short in revenue and all of a sudden the grant goes bye-bye! Some say no but I say... we'll see.
Here’s the question virtually everyone I had spoken to
Saturday afternoon was asking? Why didn’t
Quinn come bearing gifts during the water crisis in 2012? Some even go further saying the reason they
come bearing gifts is because they feel the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency allowed the residents to drink contaminated water and now is culpable to
such an environmental disaster. My quick
answer…. It’s election time and Quinn needs some votes and he is out in Sauk Village and other areas where he never had to campaign before trying to scare up votes.
Watch for those devils in the details! They will reveal themselves showing what this grant can and cannot be used! Stay tuned Sauk Village, there's more to come.
Speaking of election time, couldn’t help but notice that
a certain politician has already begun circulating his petitions for Village Trustee at Village Hall no less and
the in the sacrosanct Senior Center Saturday afternoon. No surprise that
Gary Holcomb, who serves as Chairman of the Housing Commission had his
nomination petitions out on display during the spaghetti dinner Saturday
afternoon. This is the same Holcomb who published a woman's state I.D. and her son's social security card on a Village social media page. Let's not forget of course Holcomb is the center of the Watergate scandal where funds have been moved around to pay for lawn mowing Gary Holcomb and his commissioners hired but had no money to pay them! Now Holcomb wants to be your Trustee.... is this the kind of Trustee you can "trust"?
Now another candidate who was getting signatures Tuesday night outside in a corridor at Village Hall was
scolded by Village Clerk Debbie Williams for circulating petitions. I guess we see what is backing who! Shame on you Gary for exploiting an event for your own aggrandizement to
have your petitions signed, very tacky!
Don't worry Sauk Village I'll be looking for all those rascally details and keeping an eye on these politicians here in Sauk Village too!
