4/18/10
- "The Forest Park Review has a history of favoring Team Blonde and whatever they do. In the newspaper's eyes, TB can do no wrong. Your comments are right on the money. It's the same old story of Team Blonde not following the rules that are laid down and doing whatever they please to suit their own interests."
By Anonymous
"Thank you for creating this discussion. You need to get more people to read this. It's amazing what people think that they can get away with. Especially if the village is in cahoots with them."
"Team Blonde has gone to the village in the past to get the zoning laws changed for their best interests. They did not do their research and it backfired on them."
Thank you for your comments. We are looking at many ways to get the word out. So far it has been with the www.forestparkforums.com and by hitting the neighborhoods with postcards directing them to this site. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
The videos and articles have links so they can easily be e-mailed. If you have friends or family who would be interested some info, please send them a copy! The more people aware of this situation, the better. Together we can make a difference in this town.
4/15/10By Anonymous -
'If you have taken the time to do any research, you will find that the 500 foot rule is absolutely ridiculous. Check with most of the shopping districts in the surrounding communities and you will find that a law like this is unheard of.'
Actually we have researched and found Chicago has 1000 ft. regulations while Berwyn, Oak Park (on Madison St.) and LaGrange have 400 - 500 ft. regulations. These type of laws to keep more retail within the business district. David King said at the last ZBA meeting that he gts 2-3 requests a week for personal grooming services. This zoning is in place to prevent too many spa establishments from saturating the DBD.
FYI - The business community said they wanted to keep the 500 ft rule. This was not the salons that were asking for this zoning law...it was the entire business community on Madison St. The attempt of the change in zoning Team Blonde proposed at the first ZBA meeting would have loosened the ability of the village to have that zoning law stand. Now Team Blonde has to tighten up what zoning proposal they are to present at the next meeting on Monday April 19, 2010.
Do you think Ms. Vance, as a lawyer, should have looked at the consequences of that proposal?
Thank you for creating this discussion. You need to get more people to read this. It's amazing what people think that they can get away with. Especially if the village is in cahoots with them.
ReplyDeleteTeam Blonde has gone to the village in the past to get the zoning laws changed for their best interests. They did not do their research and it backfired on them.
ReplyDeleteLook Mom,
ReplyDeleteI'm Anonymous! I can make any cowardly or irresponsible comment I want with no repercussions to myself! What fun.
I notice that the person(s) who are "responsible" for this blog are so confident in their convictions that they almost have said who they are. That is almost a classy move.
Good luck making Forest Park as business hostile as Oak Park. (Might be time to call my real estate agent.)
You say who you are I'll say who I am...
Dear Anonymous #3,
ReplyDeleteWhy should anyone have to say who they are to create a blog or post comments on it? If you have so much integrity, you should've just signed your name even if nobody else ever does. Then you'd have the personal satisfaction of knowing you did what is right by your own standards.
Here's a good reason NOT to let the world know who you are in forums like this: the same people who play favorites with certain individuals and businesses, in FP, in any village, have a tendency to punish inividuals and businesses who disagree with their positions, especially when they're being called to task for not enforcing ordinances that THEY passed. People in positions of power USE that power for some and against others. If you're not afraid of repercussions, personal or financial, then by all means, identify yourself.
Anonymous #4