Following are some of the articles published by The Observer in the month of January since 2010. These articles, gathered from various publications and editorials, are noteworthy for residents in that they remind us of where we’ve been as a community.
BACOG cuts costs in hopes of keeping South Barrington – 2012
The Barrington Area Council of Governments has slashed its proposed annual budget by 25 percent in an effort to make continued involvement attractive to it members, particularly South Barrington.
One of the ways of doing that was to take up Barrington Hills Village President Robert Abboud’s offer to house the council’s administrative offices at his village hall, thus eliminating BACOG’s rent and utility costs for a time.
Read the Daily Herald article here, or view reader comments from the original Observer posting here.
Longmeadow Parkway fate may go to voters – 2013
If Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen gets his way, Kane County residents may be asked whether the county should proceed with long-planned improvement of transportation on the county’s north end.
Lauzen told County Board members Wednesday he would be reluctant to support further work on the proposed Longmeadow Parkway project without a demonstration of public support for the large, regional road project. Lauzen spoke at a meeting of the Kane County Board’s Transportation Committee.
Read the original “flip” preceding the later “flop” by Lauzen in the Northwest Herald article here. Residents might want to print out a copy of the article and fax or email it to the Kane County Chairman with their comments.
Report: County water supply could soon become a problem – 2014
A new Illinois State Water Survey study says what a multitude of studies before it have concluded – McHenry County’s groundwater supply could become a big problem over the next decades.
In a 242-page report released Tuesday, the survey team led by hydrogeologist Scott Meyer concluded that, if left unchecked, groundwater resources by 2050 could be strained to the point of water shortages and adverse effects on rivers, streams and wetlands.
Read the original Northwest Herald article here. It’s interesting to note that in the two years since this publishing, BACOG, the self-proclaimed monitor of area water supplies, has seemingly not addressed this potential issue, particularly since Barrington Hills residents rely solely on well water.
Rosene rebuttal – 2015
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.
Read the original Observer post, Park District Commissioner Rosene’s perspectives and reader comments here.
