Bolingbrook Water Conspiracy Uncovered!
1. The Golf Course has been a failure
2. The Airport has been a failure
3. Americana Estates has been a failure
4. The Police
5. Public Works, and
6. Fire have been cut and services and response times are cut.
So why would "owning" a water company be a good idea to the Mayor and Trustees who have a bad habit (like an alcoholic who can't stop) of buying losing ventures on the residents dollar? Can anyone tell us why the Mayor would think he makes better business decisions than the residents, who are screaming "Don't Do This To Us AGAIN!!" He is 0 for 6 right now, and not telling us how this one will be any different. His 0 for 6 has cost us residents $486 Million in debt and slashed public services with rising property, sales, hotel, motel, liquor, gas and cigarette tax. Now let's add another $100 Million to that debt because the Mayor and Trustees "want" something else to own? What is the real reason they want this water company?
con·spir·a·cy
1. the act of conspiring.
2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
3. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
4. Law . an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.
5. any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.
Facts:
1. IL American Water raised the rates this summer from: (See your bills)
Basic Service in April was $3.70960 to September $4.37730.
2. The Village of Bolingbrook and the Will County Governmental League used our tax dollars to lobby for Villages like Bolingbrook to own their own water source, going from private to public companies. (See WCGL.org See that they started the lobbying before the increase of water and possible knowledge of the increase)
3. The last time we did private to public was the Airport in 2004 and it has been a losing venture for the taxpayers. (See Village Financials)
4. During the lobbying for change, they used our tax dollars to plan for this hostile takeover, in consulting fees, attorney fees, surveyors, and architects. They did not inform the residents of this use of money for this purpose. (See monthly meeting minute bills passed by Trustees from March to current)
5. They planned to launch an attack on the water company through lawsuit and we believe they hoped that between this and the lobbying, the takeover would be approved. (See Bolingbrook Sun last week)
6. Purchasing the water company could cost upwards of $100 MILLION of OUR taxpayer money in bonds, causing yet another increase in local taxes. When we asked where they are going to get this money, they did not respond to us. (See our FOIA's dated April-August and google cost to buy water companies)
7. Claar's Rubber Stamp Trustees (from Roger's "Rubber Stamp First" Party) originally voted to GIVE AWAY Bolingbrook's water utility for only pennies on the dollar, only $2 Million, to Illinois American Water in 2003. Now they want to get it back in 2011 for $100 Million. A senseless loss of $98 Million in only 8 years. How much Pay-to-Pay did Roger get from Illinois American water in 2003 to grease the skids for the pennies on the dollar 2003 give away? Why do Roger and his Trustees want to pay 50 times what they gave away our water utility for only a few years ago? How much are the kickbacks this time? It didn't add up then in 2003 and it doesn't add up now in 2011. The residents are saying--Trustees and Roger STOP already your latest scam boondoggle waste scorched earth burn and destroy war plan on the Bolingbrook taxpaying resident! Trustees and Roger please depart immediately for Wall Street and take your ponzi schemes with you and leave us, our tax money, and our pocket books alone!
8. In order to get residents support, they have lied to us: (See us asking at the board meetings, video's located on Village Web Site)
a. They failed to disclose the up to date expenses this project has already cost us and the the total it will cost in the end.
b. They fail to inform the residents where they will get the money.
c. They fail to offer explanation about how the services would be run, as the Trustees and Mayor have already drastically cut all village services to residents this year and the results of this, their latest scam, could be devastating to homeowners if they cannot maintain and run the water services to the public properly.
MAKING IT A CONSPIRACY...
2. The Village of Bolingbrook and the Will County Governmental League used our tax dollars to lobby for Villages like Bolingbrook to own their own water source, going from private to public companies. (See WCGL.org See that they started the lobbying before the increase of water and possible knowledge of the increase)
3. The last time we did private to public was the Airport in 2004 and it has been a losing venture for the taxpayers. (See Village Financials)
4. During the lobbying for change, they used our tax dollars to plan for this hostile takeover, in consulting fees, attorney fees, surveyors, and architects. They did not inform the residents of this use of money for this purpose. (See monthly meeting minute bills passed by Trustees from March to current)
5. They planned to launch an attack on the water company through lawsuit and we believe they hoped that between this and the lobbying, the takeover would be approved. (See Bolingbrook Sun last week)
6. Purchasing the water company could cost upwards of $100 MILLION of OUR taxpayer money in bonds, causing yet another increase in local taxes. When we asked where they are going to get this money, they did not respond to us. (See our FOIA's dated April-August and google cost to buy water companies)
7. Claar's Rubber Stamp Trustees (from Roger's "Rubber Stamp First" Party) originally voted to GIVE AWAY Bolingbrook's water utility for only pennies on the dollar, only $2 Million, to Illinois American Water in 2003. Now they want to get it back in 2011 for $100 Million. A senseless loss of $98 Million in only 8 years. How much Pay-to-Pay did Roger get from Illinois American water in 2003 to grease the skids for the pennies on the dollar 2003 give away? Why do Roger and his Trustees want to pay 50 times what they gave away our water utility for only a few years ago? How much are the kickbacks this time? It didn't add up then in 2003 and it doesn't add up now in 2011. The residents are saying--Trustees and Roger STOP already your latest scam boondoggle waste scorched earth burn and destroy war plan on the Bolingbrook taxpaying resident! Trustees and Roger please depart immediately for Wall Street and take your ponzi schemes with you and leave us, our tax money, and our pocket books alone!
8. In order to get residents support, they have lied to us: (See us asking at the board meetings, video's located on Village Web Site)
a. They failed to disclose the up to date expenses this project has already cost us and the the total it will cost in the end.
b. They fail to inform the residents where they will get the money.
c. They fail to offer explanation about how the services would be run, as the Trustees and Mayor have already drastically cut all village services to residents this year and the results of this, their latest scam, could be devastating to homeowners if they cannot maintain and run the water services to the public properly.
MAKING IT A CONSPIRACY...
To get the buy in from residents, they added on an additional tax at the same time the water company did, inflating the bill higher and blaming the water company for the increase in the bills. We feel they did this to pursue their own agenda and conspire against the residents to push something in their own best interest, not the residents best interest.
This is what the trustees and Mayor passed, then blamed the water company by using the local media sources to spread the word...
This is what the trustees and Mayor passed, then blamed the water company by using the local media sources to spread the word...
April Waste water charges $1.91000 - now September $1.97000.
And Storm Water Storage (which nobody can tell us from the Village what this is really for and the esidents have been fighting it for ten years now) has increased to $2 per house over the past ten years.
We all know Roger has a god complex, but taxing residents for rain?! Roger, get a life pleeeeeeeeease.
Now we all know that the sewer and waste water plant is owned and operated by the Village of Bolingbrook, not IL American Water. (See Village Financials) So how do they explain this? They don't, they blame the increase totals on your bill to IL American Water so they can fight to own their own water company.
How secure will you feel when a fire erupts on your street and the hydrants don't work? How will you feel when your water doesn't work and there is nobody there to take your call or service you? How will you feel when you can't pay your astronomical water bill and the Trustees put a lien your home?
Stop this corruption and conspiracy to waste even more of your tax dollars and to siphon your wallet completely clean. Write to your Trustees and Mayor and demand that this purchase has to stop. Hostile takeovers and increase in taxes are not what the residents want. We do not want the increases on our bills, we do not want the extra bonds to pay back, with increases to our homeowners taxes. If they don't listen to you, vote them out!
Good Reporting Brook Report!
ReplyDeleteThis is the best reporting EVER by Bolingbrook Report. Well done! THANK YOU for researching and telling us residents what's really going on with the machinations of the Trustees and Roger Claar to steal even more Millions of dollars from us, the tax payers.
ReplyDeleteYour article says that the mayor is responsible for property taxes rising. Can you please explain?
ReplyDeleteDon't the villages of Naperville, Woodridge, Westmont, Downers Grove, Aurora, Joliet, Plainfield, Lemont, Darien...provide the water service for their residents?
ReplyDeleteOther local communities do provide water to their residents. However, they did not sell it off for pennies to begin with, then want it back for millions. They are also better managed, so they can manage businesses "for" profit, not "losing" profits. If Il Am Water cannot make ends meet as a private company, why would we want it on tax payers support?
ReplyDeleteInfo on taxes are listed on the main web site under taxes.
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