He sees London, he sees France?

It was, by all accounts, a simple glance through the paper.  Aside from coverage about the Packers taking on the Bears, there wasn't much to read.

For whatever reason the words "Buffalo Grove" caught my eye in an article about, of all things, women's underwear.  Seriously.  Seeing as inquiring minds want to know I took a glance at the coverage.

Seems as though the Lake Villa District Library held a program about, of all things, women's underwear.  You'd think they'd focus on reading, but what the heck, if this is a way to get people to come to a library, why not.

What amazed, or should that be amused, me the most, was the fact that the Library apparently thought this should be for women only.  While I am surprised that any public organization would bar anyone from a presentation, if this is what the folks up in Lake Villa want to do, fine.

So how does this impact Buffalo Grove?  Is it likely that the Village Board will discuss underwear?  Is womens underwear a topic to be placed on the must read list at either the Vernon Area Library or Indian Trails Library?

Probably not.

Our local connection here is that Buffalo Grove's own Rob Sherman was one of two men who attended, and, to no surprise, made a public campaign about it.

If Sherman gets his jollies researching women's underwear, that is certainly his prerogative.  However, Sherman is running for public office in Buffalo Grove, challenging incumbent Jan Sirabian for the village clerk's post, so you would think he would take an interest in what's happening on the home front.

It doesn't seem that way.  Sherman was not at the last Village Board meeting, and when he does, his comments are laced with acrid comments about the minutes.  That seems to be his campaign -- the minutes need to be a narrative of Village Board meetings, and not just a recording of Board actions.


So instead of spending time on the home front, Sherman is scooting around from town to town dropping his name for any cause.

But really, women's underwear?  There seems to be a theme here. As mentioned in a recent blog, one of the things that Sherman dedicates a good portion of his web site to is a graphic posting of his car being washed by bikini-clad Hooters girls.  Sherman also flaunts his visit to Lake Villa on his web site.

Let's see, women's underwear, bikini-clad coeds.....please don't tell me it's in the name of constitutional rights or equal rights for men.

There seems to be a somewhat unusual trend here -- and for the record, it's not one that reflects well for a public official wannabe.