Comments on Mayor Rod Craig: Village Hall Plans Represents Our Broken Governmen...

Hanover Park progress agrees!!!

2009-02-24T16:16:00.000-06:00

Hanover Park progress agrees!!!

It seems that it was not long ago that the new com...

2009-02-24T14:48:00.000-06:00

It seems that it was not long ago that the new complex was built. Was the board that shortsighted that they did not see the need 5 years hence? We need people who can anticipate the village needs for more than 5 years. Now is not the time to increase taxes. Too many foreclosures that must be dealt with.

K.D.

I agree with all of these comments. We need to ad...

2009-02-24T10:23:00.000-06:00

I agree with all of these comments. We need to address the most vital needs, which is support for our police and providing them with the space they need. We hope to get citizen input into this plan, but the MOST IMPORTANT vote that will impact this plan will the April 7th. Vote for the Progress Team to get new leadership in our village government.

The community must look at priorities and fiscal r...

2009-02-23T20:20:00.000-06:00

The community must look at priorities and fiscal responsibility, just as our state and federal governments must. Most Americans are tightening their belts and looking at ways to stay solvent and honor commitments. I personally will resent a tax increase to rebuild a complex that is still in good shape. In these times, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" seems appropriate. The Village will need to look at ways to make do or to suggest responsible and affordable methods to provide our police force with what is needed to do the job. I presume there will be a vote/referendum?

I have to agree about that park and others. I thi...

2009-02-23T16:36:00.000-06:00

I have to agree about that park and others. I think they are part of the Park District though and that is something the Park District has to do.
-correct me if I am wrong-

Why? The facilities and lott were just upgraded le...

2009-02-23T16:19:00.000-06:00

Why? The facilities and lott were just upgraded less than 5 years ago. I can understand a more modern police station, but a village hall for what? a few part time employees? Maybe when the economy improves, but as people are going bankrupt and jobs are fleeing the area the village needs to bring spending under control.
Work on the turbine plan, work on bringing in business, work on law enforcement and getting rid of the gang bangers. After the village is clean and funds are being brought in, then MAYBE and only Maybe should a new village hall be considered.

This might be a novel idea but how about just doin...

2009-02-23T16:09:00.000-06:00

This might be a novel idea but how about just doing what is absolutely needed by our police force. The Village Hall has been working for many years and is functioning as we speak. We still get needless notices when our trash cans are visible from the anywhere even though we all have them. We can still pay our water bills as we need. So what added daily functions will a Village Centre provide that it isn't already doing?

I think rather than throwing money into a whole ne...

2009-02-23T15:39:00.000-06:00

I think rather than throwing money into a whole new complex, just the Police facility should be upgraded and the rest should go towards hiring my police officers. We don't need a state of the art complex, we need more police officers.

The Board did not approve the request. There will...

2009-02-21T07:43:00.000-06:00

The Board did not approve the request. There will still be much work to be done.

As a taxpayer, I don't want to pay taxes anything ...

2009-02-20T20:59:00.000-06:00

As a taxpayer, I don't want to pay taxes anything we don't need. We need a new police station, but do we really need to redesign the Village Complex, what is the age of that building, what is wrong with what we have?

I think there is something this Village needs that is getting overlooked and as a taxpayer I personally wouldn't mind a little increase in my taxes to get it if it improves the community I live in. When people are looking for a new place to live, one of the things they look at the are the parks in their neighborhood . Most of our parks are very outdated and I personally thinks this looks negitivly on Hanover Park. Longmeadow Park, off of Irving Park Road is one such park. It is a park that a large amount of people drive by every day. How often do you see a child playing there, (besides when there is football practice.) I think the geese get more use out of that park than the neighborhood. My child would rather go to the Schaumburg parks than the one in her own neighborhood, this is sad.

The government needs to look at things like most Americans have been forced to do, is it something we NEED to improve our community or is it something a small percentage of the resident WANT?

Did they o.k. the request? Getting to meetings is...

2009-02-20T20:22:00.000-06:00

Did they o.k. the request? Getting to meetings is difficult. It would be good for the minutes posted quicker?