Following are some of the articles published by The Observer for the month of March in recent years. 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.
Barrington Hills candidates sign Civility Covenant – 2011
An e-mail has been circulating the village concerning civility during the campaign for the village board, containing a Civility Covenant that all of the candidates were asked to sign. The covenant was adapted from Jim Wallis’ “Seven Steps to Civility in the Upcoming Election.”
Read the 2011 letter to the editor of the Daily Herald here.
What residents should know about electrical aggregation – 2012
On March 20th, Barrington Hills residents will be asked to vote on a referendum question to determine whether to permit our Village leaders to pursue an aggregation agreement with an alternate electrical energy provider. The Observer has researched this topic, and our answer is “maybe” given what we’ve discovered.
Read the original Observer editorial here.
Two highways versus one country road – 2014
Very little has been communicated to Village residents about the Longmeadow Parkway Project until the last twelve months. Even less has been communicated to residents about the Algonquin Western Bypass due for completion later this year unless they hear muffled references to the project in Village Board meeting recordings.
Nevertheless, both projects will have dramatic, unavoidable impacts on currently congested rush hour traffic congestion from County Line Rd. south in our Village.
Read the full editorial here.
Horse boarding rules already facing legal challenge – 2015
Barrington Hills is being sued by a group of residents who want the village to tear up the new horse boarding rules just weeks after they were finally approved.
The new rules went into effect after a majority of village board members voted to overturn Village President Marty McLaughlin’s veto on February 23. The rules allow one boarded horse per acre on properties smaller than 10 acres and two horses per acre for larger properties.
Read the original posting including comments and the link to the Daily Herald story here.
Barrington Hills polo competition will continue, after all – 2015
Reports of a popular Barrington Hills polo tournament’s demise turned out to be exaggerated, after the village board voted Monday to extend The Kalaway Cup Polo Event’s special use permit for the next 20 years.
Earlier this month, a proposal to extend the permit failed to receive the votes it needed from the village’s zoning board, prompting concerns that the annual competition would end after this year. Barrington Hills Polo Club President John Rosene sent out a news release calling the vote “a tragedy,” and saying the event had been killed.
The original posting, including the link to the full article can be accessed here.
-The Observer
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