A news release landed in my inbox announcing that Buffalo Grove resident David Wells filed a Notice of Intention today to recall Trustee Lisa Stone, the first day that residents could file an intention to circulate petitions.
Surprised? You shouldn't be. The handwriting has been on the wall during the first year of Lisa Stone's term as a Village Board member, and now the hand writing has turned into permanent ink.
Well says in his release that the recall petition will be circulated because "Due to Trustee Lisa Stone's disregard of the Village of Buffalo Grove Code of Conduct Ordinance and her own public statements that she will break the rules if she feels the need, there is a loss of confidence in the methods and ability of Trustee Stone to effectively govern or represent the residents of Buffalo Grove."
It's likely that other recall petitions will be filed -- perhaps not all for Stone. It's possible that the pro-Stone forces will file recall against another Trustee as a possible vendetta claiming that Lisa is a reformer and the rest of the Board is corrupt and unworthy of the public trust.
We've heard that before.
I was hoping, fool that I can be, that maybe, just maybe, Miz Stone would see that her self-proclaimed reformer and independent act has gotten old and that there are reasonable ways to get your messages across.
Keyword in the previous paragraph -- "was".
It ain't happening.
At Monday's Board meeting Stone donned her Holy Grail outfit and once again started her imitation of Muhammad Ali by basically proclaiming "I am the Greatest." The big difference is Muhammad Ali backed up his words with genuine action, not just more useless rhetoric.
Stone's latest grandstanding came in response to a proposed ordinance by Village Board President Elliott Hartstein that provides "for Procedures of the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Buffalo Grove." In essence, how meetings will run.
This was not a censure, nor was it a reprimand of anyone. It was an introduction of guidelines to keep meetings running orderly. OK, so they had been running orderly until Stone arrived.
Liza apparently thinks that if meetings run, it's because there's corruption.
If she had taken time -- on her own -- to review the ordinance, she would have noticed that the ordinance was requested by William Raysa -- the village attorney.
The Board liaison is Hartstein as village president.
Stone, however, took it personally. So what else is news?
You should know the rest. It's nothing new. As the say south of the border, more refried beans.
Stoney said putting time limits hinders public input -- and gloated about the 7 1/2 hour board meeting that focused on OTB -- off track betting. She made it seem as though it was a landmark meeting in the history of Buffalo Grove.
It wasn't.
Meetings have gone long in the village before Stone arrived on the scene; in fact, long before she moved out here. That's because the men and women who served the village worked together on developing the village to the state it is today.
But Lisa Stone wouldn't care about that because there's nothing in it for her -- which is why she ran for the board -- to make a scene for herself.
Has it worked? That depends on your point of view.
Obviously in the minds of at least one resident, David Wells, it hasn't, which is why he is starting the ball rolling to recall Stone from her position on the Village Board.
That could give OTB a whole new meaning. Off Track Betting?
Nah.
How about Off The Board.
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