Posted in Bicyclists, Letters to the Editor, News Media, Politics, Road construction, Roads and Bridges, Save 5 Acres on August 24, 2014| 3 Comments »
I was appalled to read about the battle between residents of Barrington Hills and bicyclists. All bicyclists in Spandex are not professionals. We are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. We started bicycling to be healthier and get off the couch.
Read the full letter to the editor of the Daily Herald here.
Posted in Heritage and Environs Committee, Letters to the Editor on June 13, 2014| 1 Comment »
One of our village’s central corridors, County Line Road (aka Lake Cook Road), had its Earth Week Spring Trash Pick Up on April 26. Our small but sturdy crew (some of Barrington Hills’ cleanest/greenest folks!) tidied up our village by collecting 72 orange bags of roadside debris, one black bag of discarded trash, one box, two tires, one rusty utility locator sign, one bent 50 mph speed-limit sign and assorted miscellany.
Read more of this letter to the editor here.
Posted in BACOG, Elections 2011, FOIA, HALO, IAA, Kane, Land Use, Letters to the Editor, Lighting Ordinance, Longmeadow Parkway, OMA, OP/Ed, Politics, Topics Of Interest, Village Government, Well Water Quality on January 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Following are some of the articles published by The Observer in January in the last few 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’ long-controversial outdoor lighting ordinance could be up for its final vote on Monday, but even its most ardent opponents are at peace.
Read the Daily Herald story here.
FOIA, the Freedom of Information Act, is an enhancement of governmental transparency. FOIA provides access to information, including the village budget, costs, procedures, and the like. FOIAs are legitimately used by the media.
Read the original post with comments here.
Because East Dundee won’t hold a fifth hearing to discuss the merits of an auto auction business coming to town, neighboring Barrington Hills, which opposes the project, wants to host a town-hall meeting on the issue.
Revisit the original post with comments here.
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.
Read the Northwest Herald story here.
– The Observer
Posted in Kane, Letters to the Editor, Longmeadow Parkway, Taxes on January 7, 2014| 7 Comments »
When I moved here, I supported the Longmeadow Parkway project. But now, I am wondering if this will be a government boondoggle:
If you work during the week (250 days/year), that is $750 in tolls added to your family budget, just to cross the river back-and-forth. Add to that any practices or games for your kids, etc. or weekend shifts.
All other toll bridges in Illinois are state-to-state only. The one “local” toll bridge, in Rockford, just had its 50-cent tolls removed because it didn’t work. Locals avoided it and it never generated the expected revenue. It never spurred economic development, either. Are we really serious about tolls, given that kind of weak track record?
Read the full letter to the editor of the Daily Herald from an Algonquin resident here.
Posted in IAA, Land Use, Letters to the Editor, Well Water Quality on August 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I am a retired ComEd lineman with 37 years of experience. I am writing in response to the article that appeared in the July 23 paper regarding East Dundee’s mayor, Lael Miller, and IAA, a junk yard dealer who wants to auction junk cars. IAA wants access across ComEd’s easement to move their junk cars. This would not be one or two cars, but possibly hundreds.
This could potentially block any repair trucks needed by Edison, which they would require any equipment needed during power outages to be hand carried to the trucks.
Read the full letter to the Daily Herald editor here.
Posted in Elections 2013, Letters to the Editor, Politics, Village President on April 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It is unfortunate for the citizens of Barrington Hills that Robert Abboud lost his bid for U.S. congressman of the 16th District in 2008. His politics, like his campaign propaganda, are so Washington, D.C., right now.
Read the complete letter to the editor of the Daily Herald here.
Posted in 220, Letters to the Editor, School Districts, Taxes on January 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
District 220’s decision to extend the superintendent’s contract is just one more example of the school board spending public money for the wrong reasons.
While the school board president said, “We just thought with all the changes … it would benefit the community to have stability,” we weren’t born yesterday.
More of a Barrington Hills resident’s opinion letter to the editor of the Daily Herald regarding District 220 contract negotiations can be read here.
Posted in EJ&E/Canadian National, Land Use, Letters to the Editor, McHenry, OP/Ed, TRAC, Village President on May 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Following are some of the stories reported by The Observer in May 2010 and 2011. These articles, gathered from various publications, are noteworthy for residents in that they remind us of where we’ve been as a community. Readers can view further articles from those and other prior months by utilizing the “Archives By Month” menu tool on the right sidebar in all page views of this website.
Canadian National Railway Co. has agreed to spend money in Barrington Hills, putting cameras at railroad crossings and doing engineering work at a dam at Flint Creek, among other projects.
The full Daily Herald story can be viewed here.
As a 50-plus year resident of Barrington Hills, I am forced to respectfully disagree with our current Mayor. (April 20 Fence Post) and small businessman. The health care bill is socialistic and probably unconstitutional.
This resident’s Letter to the Editor was in response to President Abboud’s April 2010 letteren titled, “It’s about business, not about socialism,” and can be read in its entirety here.
A Barrington Hills landowner and McHenry County struck a deal Wednesday settling at least some issues in an ongoing legal dispute over massive stacks of logs, branches and other wood piled on his property.
This was not the last of this story, but the account at the time can be read here
An online petition demanding an investigation of Fur Keeps Animal Rescue in Barrington Hills has been countered by a petition asking supporters of Fur Keeps to share their success stories.
The full Algonquin Patch story can be viewed here
– The Observer
Posted in Heritage and Environs Committee, Letters to the Editor on January 30, 2012| 2 Comments »
Thank you so very much for the excellent article and photos you have given our Civil War project here in the Village of Barrington Hills.
What we are doing as volunteers is very important for our local area as well as for the residents and history buffs of America. Giving this publicity to the reading public is such a gift and our VBH Beautification Committee is so appreciative!
Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120130/discuss/701309958/
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Village President on January 4, 2012| 6 Comments »
FOIA, the Freedom of Information Act, is an enhancement of governmental transparency. FOIA provides access to information, including the village budget, costs, procedures, and the like. FOIAs are legitimately used by the media.
The village of Barrington Hills has long embraced FOIA, including a sophisticated website with the majority of the village’s documents on line. I support FOIA. Unfortunately, in virtually every community, a few use this mechanism to harass the operations of the public for their own particular agenda not related to improving government efficiency, transparency or other legitimate uses.
Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120104/discuss/701049959/
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