Let’s hear it for the “little guy.” Who says that the “little guy” can’t stand up to government and win?
Island Lake resident Bob Wargaski didn’t want the Village of Island Lake to put in a well near his property. He was worried about his property values and the impact on his own private well.
How did he stop Island Lake?
He put in a pig farm. Not a massive mud hole with hundreds of little piggies running around (and we all know they don’t stay “little” for long).
Three little piggies. There must be some significance to the number.
Yesterday the Illinois EPA stopped the Village of Island Lake in its muck (errrr, mud), by denying Island Lake’s application for its well.
Three cheers for Bob W.
But wait. VoIL will not go down without a fight. The Village coffers are flush with the recent windfall, and the water guy from the Village promises a fight.
Whatever happened to gracious defeat?
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A pig farm on the property will have less negative impact on property values than a municipal well next door? Bartender I'll have what he's drinking.
While having a large municipal well so close by, resulting in a drawing-down of neighboring private wells is bad enough, the real beef was the related giant water tower that was also required, which would literally be LOOMING over his house.
This is a giant water tower, and the fact that a developer "bribed" the Village with $55,000 to move it out of his development as he felt it would devalue the homes that HE wanted to build, and as the Village acknowledged his point of view by accepting the money and in fact, moved it so close to Wargaski's house, validates Wargaski's complaint.
DBTR
A "legitimate" news source only witholds editorial comments if they are obscene or libelous not if they don't agree.
Why post this but not the original comment?
find the owners, I received your "A pig farm on the property..." comment twice, some hours apart. I published the first one but not the second, since it was a duplicate. Did I miss one?
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