Regarding recent media coverage of
new candidates opposing incumbent commissioners, we at Voters For Preservation
believe our truth-seeking has been a big part of the desire many people
have expressed since early last year for real accountability on the Lake
County Board. To quote a guy named Dylan, "The times, they are
a-changin'."
We are not a political organization, and
we cannot -- and should not -- tell Lake County citizens how to vote.
There are many issues to be considered when one steps into the voting both this
November; we only ask that forest preserve issues be part of that
consideration.
By the way, contrary to what many have
heard, Lakewood Forest Preserve is still OFFICIALLY "on the
table" as the place to hold the 2016 Olympic equestrian events, should Chicago
win the bid next year -- although most of us in VFP
think such chances are now unlikely, given the success of the fight we and
others have put up against it. But let's continue to make it clear that
we, unlike some other groups, are DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED to
these events being held on ANY forest
preserve lands. Period.
From an environmental standpoint,
building huge construction projects somewhere like Raven Glen may indeed be
"less bad" than doing it at Lakewood -- but that does not make such
ill-conceived plans "good." And either way, the eventual cost to
taxpayers is all but certain. More information is available to the
public at www.VotersForPreservation.org .
Bob
Friend
Secretary/Communications
VOTERS FOR PRESERVATION,
Inc.