A week ago we published our take on a 2005 document written by John Rosene that was presented to members of the Riding Club after the election of Bob Abboud that same year in an editorial titled, “We’ve Been Clubbed by Commercial Horse Boarding.” Yesterday Mr. Rosene has shared his perspectives on that piece with us and has requested we publish them.
In his response he states, “By the way, despite its age, I stand by every word in my 2005 document.” He goes on to berate The Observer on several occasions and complains about the anonymous status of the editors. To that we can only respond with, “Je suis Charlie.”
Mr. Rosene’s rebuttal piece can be viewed here.
John;
For what you and your “elite” polo buddies have done to this once placid village the shame truly falls on you!
If the “Marty Party” is that party which is trying to bring balance back to Barrington Hills politics, represents and protects ALL it’s residents, their lifestyles, and property values, brings back fiscal responsibility and enforces the rule of law then I back them and anyone who cares to stand with them. The tail is wagging the dog in our otherwise idyllic village. Thank you Observer for keeping us informed!
Well stated Kim. The way I read this if you’re not a diehard RCBH member, then you’re cast as a developer. With the SOS party naming themselves as pro open space (and who isn’t in BH?) it’s likely they will spew the same rhetoric as they have in previous campaigns condemning any opposition to them to be developers.
I’m so tired of their skipping record politics and I think most residents agree and will see through this BS JR’s already fueling.
Fool me once shame on me; fool me twice shame on you!
Re: John Rosene “rebuttal”
August 22, 2011 – Village of Barrington Hills Board of Trustees meeting: “PreserveBarringtonHills” was announced by David Stieper.
Link to YouTube video of 8-22-2011 BOT meeting:
August 26, 2011 – http://www.PreserveBarringtonHills went live: first posting was David M. Stieper letter referenced by him at August 7, 2011 BOT meeting.
August 30, 2011 – TribLocal article where Jonathan J. Knight was quoted: “He, along with a group of other residents, started the site http://www.preservebarringtonhills.com on Friday”
Link to TribLocal article: http://www.triblocal.com/barrington/2011/08/30/barrington-hills-meetings-online/
June 15, 2012 – Daily Herald article with headline “Editors of anonymous Barrington Hills website name themselves” – “Former zoning board of appeals chairman Jonathan Knight and former plan commission chairman David Stieper have used the website preservebarringtonhills.com to allege various types of wrongdoing in the village government, particularly over pending regulations of commercial horse boarding.”
Link to Daily Herald article: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120615/news/706159689/
April, 2013 – Following the election of April 9, 2013 a posting appeared on the http://www.PreserveBarringtonHills website stating “It’s A New Day In Barrington Hills”. Soon thereafter, it was announced on the website that the reins to http://www.PreserveBarringtonHills were handed over to new stewards.
2016 will bring a New Era to the Village of Barrington Hills!
John Rosene in his “rebuttal” stated that “Preserve Barrington Hills, are cowardly publications sowing dissension and polarization under cover of anonymity. In 2013, David Stieper and Jonathan Knight were “outed” as the anonymous publishers of Preserve Barrington Hills. As a result, they stopped publishing.”
John Rosene’s assertions are patent lies and false!
I suggest to Mr. Rosene that the “Bloggers” will stop telling the truth about him and his cronies when he and his cronies stop telling lies about the “Bloggers”.
(Note: In spite of Mr. Rosene’s extensive curriculum vitae, his “ghost writings” in support of the “Save5Acre” candidates could not save Robert G. Abboud from a crushing defeat in his re-election bid for Village President on April 9, 2013.)
Publius
Welcome back Plubius! Hope you stick around during the election “ferreting” out corruption and exposing the truth.
John Rosene., thank you for your emphatic “I stand by every word in my 2005 document.” For political and special interest benefit; you and the team of Abboud, Messer, Meroni, Selman, Gohl, Freeman, Elder, Yeterian and others perfectly executed your plans. The Anderson/Oakwood amendment is a testament to that shrewd political manipulation to benefit a few at the expense of our community.
As a curiosity and because you are willing to be actively engaged in these special interest endeavors, is your personal property zoned residential or agriculture? Do you board horses? Would your wife as a person illegally appointed to the ZBA and who refused to recuse herself from the Anderson Amendment process have any possible conflicts of interest? You were very clear that neither you or your spouse held any official office in 2005, but that certainly isn’t the case now.
To the rest of our community, while we were asleep and under the assumption that our public officials were doing their best for the Village as a whole, the extreme special interest equestrian group just commercialized Barrington Hills.
“Sunk Our Ship” will be the excuse if SOS lets “the Ghost” hop aboard their ship.
He let the cat outta the bag when he identified LeCompte as the donor of $15,000 to Messer, Meroni and Selman, which led to the embarrassing finding of “Guilty” by the Illinois Election Board.
His next embarrassing action was an email sent on the eve of the 2013 elections in which he chastised Knight and Stieper for their website. This undoubtedly cost his Save5Acre candidates untold votes.
Now this embarrassing posting.
Keep up the good work, John. Are you working behind the scenes for the “Marty Party”?
Welcome home Publius. You have been desperately missed!
BHO says “Je suis Charlie” but when it comes to the [S]pend [O]ur
[S]avings political campaign committee of Meroni, Selman and Naumann with longtime “ghost writer” and “Save 5 Acre” political strategist, John Rosene, I say:
“Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose”.
John, resorting to name calling like “coward” is unbecoming of a seasoned politcal propogandist of your calliber. I know if you put your mind to it, you can bend the truth better than that.
John, sensing your frustration and inevitable SOS defeat, I will make a deal with you here and now on BHO. If you stop lying about me to the public, I will stop telling the public the truth about you!
Please respond on BHO with “yes” or “no” to this proposal or “I do not understand the question” .