In their bid to win votes as “Save 5 Acres,” candidates (now Trustees) Messer, Meroni, and Selman made the following statements on their campaign website (see Save 5 Acres Facts):
“We never proposed that unlimited commercial boarding be allowed on any five acre property.”
“We never proposed that commercial boarding for up to 9 horses be allowed on any five acre property.”
“We never supported unregulated boarding in the village.”
Yet now, Trustees Messer, Meroni, and Selman have voiced their objection to any regulation of commercial horse boarding in the Village. At the most recent Village Board of Trustees meeting on August 22, 2011, these Trustees expressed their strongly held views opposing efforts to regulate and control commercial horse boarding in the Village. During that meeting, Trustee Messer was quoted in Barrington Courier-Review as saying: “We’re talking about adopting an ordinance that will seriously abridge the rights of property.” Messer added that the proposed ordinance limiting property owners to 9-boarded horses on a five-acre property “goes too far.”
Trustees Messer, Meroni, and Selman—what has caused you to change your mind? The residents of the Village deserve an answer.
– The BHO
I would also like to know WHY?
Wow, that sure sounds like a 180 degree turn. They sure didn’t campaign on zero regulation for big barns.
BTW, the link to the Save Five Acres website isn’t valid. Looks like it’s been shut down?
Is that the Schuman Letter on the photo being held up by Abboud and Messer? Will the Village be furnishing residents with a “pay to play” price sheet and a contact person? Perhaps we should amend our Village Code to provide for a negotiable one time fee, “all nonconforming properties can be made conforming upon payment of a negotiable one time fee to save 5 acres”. This can ensure election of Abboud cronies in future elections. We have our own Kingfish here in Barrington Hills.
Why isn’t the Chairman of the ZBA objecting to all of this, as the Schuman letter is a direct affront to our zoning process. Wake-up ZBA