In an update to this morning's article about the Grafton Township's Trustees' filing a lawsuit against Township Supervisor Linda Moore, this morning I telephoned the Grafton Township Supervisor at her telephone number as published on the Township's website.
Township Administrator Pam Fender answered the telephone number listed under the Supervisor's name and told me that she did not know when the Trustees had decided on the lawsuit. Now, how does the Administrator not know the answer to what I would consider a fairly simple and direct question?
For a legal action to be filed on a Monday, they must have decided last Thursday night, so that the attorney(s) could work on it on Friday and prepare it for filing on Monday. Or else the legal beagles worked over the week-end on it (premium rates?).
Ms. Fender directed me to "the" attorneys and gave me the phone number 630.399.5464. When I dialed that number, expecting to reach a law office, the phone was answered by a voice mailbox and a cheery female voice announcing that I had reached Keri-Lyn. No last name; no law office identification; sounded especially like the personal cell phone of "Teri-Lyn".
I'll guess that that phone belongs to Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, of Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni and Krafthefer, P.C., who herself billed 74.25 hours (at $185.00/hour) to the Township in February 2010. One month's legal billings of $13,736.25! (See www.mchenrycountyblog.com for a copy of the February legal bill to Grafton Township.)
A second attorney billed 2.5 hours at $185.00, and Ancel, Glink billed the Township for time of a James Olson (a paralegal?) billed 13.5 hours at $105.00/hour ($1,417.50).
I left a message, asking when the Trustees made their decision. That was at 11:06AM.
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Hmmmm, so if Keri-Lyn responds to your call seeking information on WHEN the board decided to file suit, she can bill even MORE time to the folks of Grafton Twp. You don't live in Grafton Twp nor pay real estate taxes to Grafton Twp (do you pay real estate taxes anywhere? Lucky you!). Before running up Grafton's bill, why not let them worry about it. Their population MUST include somebody smart enough to ask the question who actually has standing to object to the board's AND the stupidvisor's incredible display of nuttiness. A non-taxpayer running up a bill in their township is no better than they are. Laugh at that, make snide remarks, they deserve it. Don't make the situation worse than it is. That's just stupid.
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