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posted by Candidate at
3:04 PM
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The village of Prairie Grove will be holding a special meeting as it relates to ongoing legal matters.
At the meeting Rick Swanson of Westminster-Swanson, the developer of Tall Grass and Terra Cotta, will be addressing the board on the timing of construction, the planned buildout, and other facts on the developments.
The village, and it's consultants, will give an overview of where the developments are in the approval process.
The purpose of the meeting is to allow the greater community to plan for the impact of these developments over the coming years.
Michael Breseman
President of Prairie Grove
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Anonymous, at 5:44 AM
Opps...
The meeting is Monday night March 6th at 6 pm at the village hall of Prairie Grove.
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Anonymous, at 5:46 AM
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Anonymous, at 8:38 PM
I guess I will need to repost this again, since Mr. Dalton deleted it……….
Mr. Breseman, you are consistent.
First it was your illegal threats to the school to hold impact fees hostage if they did not give up the right of way on Rt.176 which YOU demanded. Then you illegally threaten to hold the land hostage. Why all the abuse and destruction when you could simply grab the right of away on the north side of 176 as it goes commercial?
What is your problem? Why the arrogance? Why the ongoing, unrelenting ax to grind with our schools? Will you stop at anything to get your way? The school had to spend countless, unnecessary hours in meetings, hire consultants and spend thousands of dollars defending your personal attack. I’m tired of your arrogance and spending my tax dollars on your personal agenda!
Now you have the audacity to host a public meeting last Monday stating the purpose “is to allow the greater community to plan for the impact of these developments over the coming years.” What nonsense! The bottom line is the letter the schools sent out on Friday quoting Rick Swanson caught you off guard. The letter created a hurdle in your plan to kill the referendum. So you immediately called and asked Swanson to rescind the letter, which he declined. Then Duda threatens Rick Swanson with “read between the lines” emails to be in our village hall on Monday with virtually no notice. Now you have the consultants, Swanson and the NW Herald as your captive audience. Then you carry on with your political game of “catch” with Rick Swanson….I’ll ask the questions Rick, you just answer them. Swanson is a smart man and did a great job being your pawn because he had no choice. He has millions of dollars at stake and needs to maintain positive relationships with our village officials to keep his developments on track. Regardless of your personal agenda, he needs to side with you because his personal agenda is to sell land to developers as quickly as possible.
I want to see the agenda that was published for this meeting. I want to see the prior meeting minutes showing that “exaggerated growth” has ever been a topic of a village meeting. I know there isn’t any because you took your personal agenda to the village hall. Your self-serving, unethical leadership, abuse of power and illegal use of taxpayer’s money to fulfill your personal agenda is going to stop. I am not going to allow my tax dollars pay for professional consultants to support your personal agenda to bury our schools. The States Attorney has been contacted and investigations on your ethics will follow. Enough is enough.
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Anonymous, at 7:54 AM
Dear 9:54am:
I am not only pro-school….I am pro-“great” school; and, I am willing to do my fair share to get one. I want smaller parent-teacher ratios in classrooms, better academics and activities, improved safety and a beautiful campus to demonstrate why our community is a great place to live and work. In order to achieve this vision for a great school, it must not only offer an outstanding environment for learning…but, a great school is also financially sound. Great schools have outstanding leadership and make prudent decisions based on reality. Great schools are wonderful for real estate values and future appreciation. They are wonderful for our children’s future.
Your post above is eerily similar to the post from Mr. Huerth (Steve Todd) last week in another part of this blog. It is filled with accusations, personal attacks and misleading information. After reading your statements carefully, I believe you are suggesting that the community should blindly “trust” school leadership. You seem to be highly offended that an elected official is seeking reality based information to help citizens make an informed choice. Do I have this correct?
You also seem to accuse the developer, Rick Swanson, as being a mindless “pawn” that is being forced to answer questions in a manner that is inconsistent with his expert opinion. Take a deep breath “Dear 10:38pm - Mr. Huerth (Steve Todd)”…do you really think Mr. Swanson would provide misleading information that might slow down the development of a village “show-piece” and benefit the value of our homes (and his new home development). Mr. Swanson is a businessman with a large vested stake in our community and understands that a bankrupt school is bad business for everyone.
“Dear 9:54am Mr. Huerth (Steve Todd)” lets get to the real truth so we can make the best decisions for our community. Help me, and the rest of District 46 answer the following questions:
Why has District 46 school leadership misled the public by deciding not to disclose to the community that the revenue collected from the last referendum exceeded what was approved by taxpayers? Defending her position, Dr. Fasbender stated publicly that the decision not to disclose the unapproved tax windfall to District 46 taxpayers was based on advice she received from her consultants. Are Dr. Fasbender and the school board exercising good judgment relating to the use of public taxes? Do our leaders need to demonstrate a higher level of accountability?
Whose assumptions are the school leaders using to support their current referendum plan? How old are the assumptions? The developer seems like the most knowledgeable source for the build-out…why would you attack the developer’s information as of Monday this week? Why attack his personal and business competence? Do you believe that the developer does not want a prosperous community with outstanding schools to support his investment?
Why have school officials not been open and forthcoming with all of their assumptions and information? Do they believe that the community is not capable of understanding? Or, would the information used to support the referendum, if fully exposed, explained and reconciled with the experts possibly highlight that the referendum plan is not a prudent move at this point in time?
Why attack the NW Herald as being in the back pocket of an elected official? It seems that everyone/anyone that simply questions your position is part of an evil conspiracy. I hope this is not the environment that the school board operates in during its closed door meetings.
Why is questioning assumptions and seeking the truth an “unrelenting ax to grind with our schools”? I do not understand why any leader would be opposed to open forums and the opinions of experts with a vested interest in our community.
“Dear 9:54am Mr. Huerth (Steve Todd)”, I have one more question and an answer:
Q: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
A: Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg…. Abraham Lincoln
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Anonymous, at 8:02 AM
The previous message was deleted because it was deemed to be redundant. The purpose of having individual threads is to keep the comments on a particular topic. Because you've chosen to repost the comment and because we believe in equal time to both sides of the discussion I'm going to leave your post. However, if you continue to post each of your comments in every thread, I will begin to moderate the comments prior to them posting to the site. We’ve created a platform for you to voice your opinion, try to do it respectfully.
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Candidate, at 9:11 AM
As a taxpayer without any children to educate, I am glad to have thoughtful leadership on the D46 buildout issue. All too often, we the taxpayers are expected to simply accept the opinions and positions of those in charge of the schools. After all, everyone wants good schools, both for the children, and for the good of the community. However, after reading quite a bit of informnation regarding this referendum, I am inclined to agree that a rush to construction is not necessary at this time. Cheaper, as well as better, alternatives are available, and we as voters should consider them. And remember, this is NOT the last ballot chance! If we approve this expenditure, we can't go back and "unapprove" it. Let's take a deep breath, put aside the vitriole, and make the decision to think this through a little better. Vote NO. We can always build later.
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Anonymous, at 12:00 PM
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