I have been reading Editor Rhonda Silence’s column Unorganized Territory for many years, and that of August 3, was by far the most significant you have written, in my opinion.
Rhonda, that you, or anyone in Cook County would open a letter from Planning and Zoning with “trepidation,” when you had done nothing that would concern them, is telling.
Even more outrageous is that you were being asked for “approval” of your neighbor’s plans for his property, especially when such plans did not involve changes to its historical use.
Indeed, you have pointed out the increasingly over-regulated world in which we live—from all levels of government. Our bureaucrats have evolved from our employees into our masters. It is high time this trend was recognized, as you have done so eloquently, and steps initiated to end it. Cook County, with its small population, is an ideal and workable place to start. It’s time we, the people reasserted our sovereignty.
Thank you for your service to the public.
Nevin D. Holmberg
Hovland
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