There's an old saying in Chicago journalism -- You say your mother
loves you...check it out.
Quite simply -- make sure you have your i's dotted and your t's
crossed. In other words, check it out.
This is probably why Village Board President Jeff Braiman took the
seemingly bold and unprecedented step at the April 16 Board meeting to set the
record straight from comments made by you-know-who at the April 2nd Board
meeting.
Never mind the way in which this former -- recalled -- trustee made her
remarks, It seems as though things had not been checked out and Braiman wanted
to clear the air. Some folks think
Braiman should have ignored the misinformation that former trustee Lisa Stone
presented at the April 2 meeting.
However, if she “wanted the community to know” her information, it only
made sense that Braiman use the same forum to clarify the information, or
misinformation, that Stone presented.
Specifically, Braiman clarified the following:
Item 1: The village had lost
passwords. Braiman clarified that this
was “simply not true” And that no passwords were involved. He did explain that in 2011 the videographer
posted all videos. Unfortunately, he
passed away and at first there was some difficulty getting some material. But – and here’s the key – all of the DVDs
are available. In fact, they are
available back to 2005. Braiman noted
that Stone knows this adding that it is his understanding that she has DVDs
from all of the meetings she attended (and then some) while she was a trustee.
For the record, anyone can
get a copy of a DVD from a Village Board meeting. If you do not want a DVD, videos of the Board
meetings are available at vbg.org. No
password required.
Item 2: 800 Krause Drive – Stone
contends that this is in the village and it’s a bogus address. Really now?
Braiman pointed out that it an address “owned, operated, controlled and
maintained by Lake County – no time has village of BG every had any control of
facility. It has a Buffalo Grove address for postal and emergency purposes. Just like unincorporated Lake County. I and others told her if she has issues –
take it up with county.”
It’s interesting how Stone hides the fact that she and her family lived
in unincorporated Vernon Township and had a Deerfield address, yet they did not
live in Deerfield. It’s the same situation. We’re not talking rocket science here. But wait,
we are talking Lisa Stone.
Item 3: Water quality – “our
water is safe. Meets EPA stands – in fact exceeds them. We get Lake (Michigan) water, not ground
water. We have wells – in case of failure of water transmission system. Lake County also tests water. It meets or exceeds EPA standards.
Stone said at the April 2 meeting that she spends 16 hours a day
researching her information. She may
need to double check her sources. Nearly
30 years ago the village of Buffalo Grove, and other nearby municipalities
formed the Northwest Water Commission, which developed and implemented a plan
for the transmission of Lake Michigan water.
Unincorporated Lake County was not part of this. This is why the village (ZIP code 60089) has Lake Michigan water and the folks in
the unincorporated areas of Lake County are on well water, which comes from
deep water aquifers.
I want to say our water is superior, but that may confuse the
mouth-that-roared into thinking we get Lake Superior water, with which she
would no doubt find a problem. In her
case, I think the best water should come from Lake Erie.
Item 4: Stone said that the “EPA looking into ‘situation’ Braiman noted
that a letter was sent to Stone and copied to the village, which indicated that
her concerns were unfounded
So there. No doubt she’ll disagree, but what else is new?
Stone continues to take her hysteria to the community in the same
fashion that say, Sen. Joseph McCarthy did in the 1950s. Preach mass panic and the public will follow.
It ain't happening.
What is happening is that Stone has not apparently gotten the message
that her constant attacks, innuendos, false information have worn thin.
So too has her challenge to Braiman and the Board to have the police
take her out the next time she interrupts a Village Board meeting. That is what she wants. See, if the police escort her out, it will be
on video, which she’ll post on YouTube claiming harassment and a gross
violation of human rights.
A couple things come in to play here:
First of all, you have to act human to have a violation of human
rights. Secondly, sushi-eating folks who
live in the suburbs and drive costly SUVs are not being subjected to human
rights violations. Is Stone that short
sided that she doesn’t remember whining about costs associated with the Village
Green when some students sought permission to hold a program there for the
Invisible Children campaign? This is a program that deals with genuine human
rights violations, not whining in front of cameras.
But no, she wants her way, with her ‘facts’, on her terms, and if she
does not get her way, why she’ll just continue throwing nasty, misdirected
barbs at those who disagree with her.
And if she does not get her way?
Then maybe she’ll have to remember what a famous poet may have said to
his wife -- T.S. Mrs. Eliot.
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