Barrington Hills Village President Martin J. McLaughlin is the new chairman of the Barrington Area Council of Governments’ Executive Board.
The board elected McLaughlin to the position Tuesday, when members also chose North Barrington Village President Albert R. Pino to serve as vice chairman.
“I look forward to serving as chairman of BACOG and having the opportunity to strengthen the long-standing collaboration and communication among member villages and townships within BACOG,” McLaughlin said in a news release. “Identifying common goals, combining resources and leading BACOG on planning, land use, and environmental protection will dominate our agenda for 2015-2016.”
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Congratulations Pres. McLaughlin. You are filling mighty big shoes left by former VBH President whose footprint was left not only with BACOG but all of the “COGS”.
No reasonable person can expect you to meet with 300 municipal leaders per month once publicly stated by former VBH Pres. or be a dinner guest of U.S. President announced by former ZBA Chairman Knight explaining former Pres. absence at an important ZBA meeting.
All we can ask is that you take a deep breath and do your best even if in the end the only print you leave is a partial thumb print.
Good job Marty! We just hope ypu never leave this village.
With the recent passage of the referendum by our village board supporting Longmeadow Parkway we are taking the proper corrective action. One thing we haven’t done is to request the involvement of BACOG to provide some support to the opposition of the parkway itself. With our village President having been appointed by his peers to the this important position, means that there is an expectation that he will not be complacent and allow village departments such as BACOG to simply office/lease space but not contribute to the dialogue and the active opposition of the bridge.
Residents will not embrace this type of political gamesmanship where officials feel no urgency to insist their member agencies provide reasonable support of this referendum. I support our President fully, but taxpayers should not let the various arms of our village receive taxpayer funding without providing active support to the village’s referendum and give a supportive nod to those fighting the bridge. Although the election is past, residents have higher expectations than ever before regarding their elected officials.
It’s simply not enough to say your in support of a mission statement, the actions must reinforce it.
I agree with your sentiments Kurt.