Martin McLaughlin
After successive civil wars in Barrington Hills over the need for greater or less regulation of outdoor lighting levels and commercial horse boarding, the 2013 race for village president has come down to a basic battle over the budget.
Political newcomer Martin McLaughlin said he’s challenging 12-year incumbent Robert Abboud partly out of surprise that those earlier debates didn’t produce any other candidates and because he believes voters deserve an alternative choice.
McLaughlin said he’s particularly concerned with legal costs, that taxes haven’t gone down proportionally with property values and that he sees a budget that’s doubled in the last eight years.
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