Some questions

As the long anticipated and much ballyhooed IEPA hearing about the L & L landfill approaches, there are some questions I have.


No doubt critics and cynics will say I'm pick on poor Lisa Stone.  I'm not.  But as long as she waves the flag of transparency, she needs to provide answers.


For example:


Who?  Put her up to this?  Yes, she originally came to the Board about the compost odor at L & L -- but from there compost became second nature.  Stone's work experience, as indicated in the village's web site, is a "Legal Research Consultant - Retired."  So where does a background come in?  If she was approached by someone in or out of Village Hall, it could help us understand the breadth of the problem.  Are of the people involved current Board members or staff, or does it go back further?


Why? Is she so relentless about this issue?  This is not to downplay the potential hazards of any landfill, but why L & L?  Also, Stone and her family, before moving into the village, lived less than two miles from L & L -- why was she not concerned about it back then?  Also, if she is so concerned about the environmental impact of landfills, why has she not taken the village of Wheeling to task about the shuttered landfill on the east side of Milwaukee Avenue, south of Deerfield Road.  Also, it's likely that and problems with the Wheeling landfill or L & L maybe impact the watershed of the Des Plaines River, but that has yet to be discussed.


Where? Beside village hall, where is this information being acquired?   We've heard and, in some cases seen, emails and documents from the Lake County Health Department, the IEPA and EPA -- but it seems like there is information coming from other sources.  Again, revealing those sources could strengthen the L & L argument by providing more definitive information.


What? With all the alleged contacts being made to every conceivable expert and politician, it might be interesting to know what information is being provided and what the full response is.  Excerpts and fragments  titillate, but do not answer all of the questions. Also, what is she hoping to gain by all of this?  A name from which to campaign?  More accusations of Village Board members?


How?  There's a lot of information being distributed -- besides FOIA requests, how is Stone obtaining the information?  This may also connect to the "who" question.


When?  When will this all end.  It seems as though there has been ample information provided from various sources has not been enough.  The IEPA hearing at Village Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday may shed some light on L & L.


However, if Stone firmly believes in "transparency in government," then the time for her to practice what she preaches is now.


Inquiring minds want to know.