You are incorrect that Wsol “went along with hiring that Elk [sic] dude” to conduct the Police Department audit. Wsol and Ald. Dave Schmidt were outspoken in their desire for one of the other firms that submitted proposals for the audit.

Mr. Ekl’s firm, however, was the favorite of Mayor Frimark’s very own “Mini Me,” Alderpuppet Jim Allegretti (4th Ward), and of the rest of the Alderpuppets.

Yet, if you look on SPC’s website, there is nothing at all about this. I guess if I want info about what is going on at SPC, I need to check St. Luke’s website.

Editor’s Note: Because this comment was posted to this item, we are leaving it here; but we have also posted it to our most recent PADS-shelter item (“PADS: Moving On Or Just Re-Grouping,” 11/10/08) where it would appear to be more relevant.

The police department cover up was Wsol’s idea and he went along with hiring that Elk dude to carry it out and bill the city way more than the original contract.

Wsol was the guy who pushed to double deal on Caudill’s severance package after the police department investigation started.

Wsol was the guy asking for closed meetings and helping Frimark to try to do his secret deals to buy property for a new police station just as recent as this past summer!

The final blow for me is that Wsol was the guy who nuked the 500 foot rule that would have kept our school kids apart from homeless shelters.

Wsol has been a total disappointment.

Wsol may have been “up front” about what he wanted to do while he was campaigning, but he’s been talking out of all sides of his mouth since: 39,000 square feet and $19,000,000, then down to $16.5 million without land or interest, now some new mumbo jumbo because he was called on his $16.5 million figure by Schmidt and the citizens’ referendum.

What the guy wants is a new police station, as big and expensive as he can get away with, so long as it doesn’t go to referendum. That way, he doesn’t have to take any heat for voting for a new cop shop after his constituents give it a big “no” vote.

I am not in Wsol’s ward, and sometimes sarcasm is lost on me. But if you are telling me that he campaigned on the idea that we needed a new police station then those in his ward has much less to bitch about. At least he was up front about what he wanted to do.

Why no referendum, Mr. Wsol? Don’t you want to know what the voters think about your borrow and spend plans?

We have made great strides in gathering signatures to put the question of whether or not Park Ridge should spend over $16.5 million on a new Police Station. We are asking everyone who has been gathering signatures to let me know how many you have. We need to gather completed sheets this week in order to get an accurate count of where stand. We have several volunteers who will come to your house with a notary to gather your completed sheets. Please emailat the address below and I will arrange for a pick up.

In addition, we could use a few more volunteers to gather signatures. All who have collected signatures have found tremendous acceptance of people signing the petition. I estimate over 95% of those asked, sign the petition. We have over 30 volunteers but could use more. We have 17 days left. If you go out in your neighborhood, you can get 50 signatures in about about 1 to 1.5 hours.

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Joe Egan