When will I be able to have dialogue with my commissioners? “My” because I consider all five representing my county and my taxes.
Will you consider “Speak your Peace” as tool to remind us of an ideal? Implement it by reminding those present of its basics in a 30-second commercial the same as you do for the Public Speaking section of the agenda. Adopting a policy that requires some type of enforcement-rules-guidelines and consequences starts a different task at best. You are successful with outlining how the public can have input—keep this simple with a statement of expectations and let this go.
Why is it necessary to spend the bond money you got for the Hovland garage? How can this be so far apart? Your employees suggested repairs and remodeling costing about $200,000, yet you have a $1.5 million project under way. Something is missing!
Another survey, are you serious? Time and money spent to get what? Answers to questions that are incomplete, subject to many interpretations, manipulated to meet a desired outcome. Face to face is the best survey. Oh ya, and when is that gonna happen?
Your citizens are interested in how our government works—excited/anxious; enthusiastic/afraid; encouraged/apprehensive; truthful/what’s hiding. Where are you?
Arvis Thompson
Cook County citizen
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