Their site design is rather bare bones, lacking pretty photography, and open space and equestrian themes that we’ve come to expect. Although, they do utilize a nifty leaf logo.
And the website features very brief biographical sketches of the three candidates, while strangely and completely omitting the equestrian ties of Jacobsen and Zubak. Both are very active members of the Riding Club of Barrington Hills, and both of their spouses currently serve as Directors of the organization, along with Iacovelli who is also a club Director (and at least lists himself as an RCBH member).
Also interesting is the list of “issues” that the “team” vows to focus upon.
- Property rights
- Fiscal responsibility
- Public safety
- Transparency
If memory serves, these are nearly the identical issues that incumbent Village President Martin McLaughlin and Trustee Colleen Konicek ran on four years ago. And they are the areas in which Marty and Colleen have successfully achieved nearly every one of those 2013 campaign goals. The YBH team fails to elaborate on specific problems with the way the village is currently being run, although they do refer to protecting the village’s “character and value” and there is mention of “harmful development” nearby. So we might assume that the “phantom developer” might rear its head again in this election cycle.
We’ll be keeping an eye out for any new website content that may arise in the weeks before the April 4th election and we will keep our readers informed.