Comments on: “Something Fishy” About Wsol’s Flood Rebate Proposal?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:12:54 +0000

are you saying that if the city of park ridge spends $400,000 for wsol’s plan and reimburses x number of residents for their flood control systems, that will eliminate all of those extra arc clean-up fees in the future?

if so,that’s the kind of “reasoning” that makes government so wasteful, inefficient and just plain ridiculous.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:38:24 +0000

I was at the meeting last night, and yes there were several residents that were there looking for money. With human waste backing up into their homes, I can’t say I blame them for being upset. I was against Wsol’s proposal at first but am starting to see his point. The city spent $265,000 in additional fees charged by Arc Disposal after last September’s flood. And that’s only 1 flood. While I disagree with handing residents money for ‘their’ problem, it becomes our expense in the end anyway. Assisting them with the cost of these devices could very well save us money in the long run.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:22:10 +0000

My neighbor was at last night’s meeting and a few residents showed up with their hands out wanting tax dollars for their flood control devices they put in. One woman acted like she expected a check right then and there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:04:02 +0000

Anonymous on 07.10.09 12:56 pm:

It sounds like Mayor Moylan may be asking for money but he hasn’t got it yet. Plus it sounds like Des Plaines had a plan for what they are asking for, while Park Ridge is only now getting to the point where it has some consultant in place and is trying to figure out what it needs.

Like it or not, PR can’t just go to the state or the feds and say “give us money” without some concrete, “shovel ready” plan. Too bad the previous administration did nothing for the past four years.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:16:00 +0000

What is WITH this guy? Even if the number of covered households doubles because the average take is $1,250 instead of $2,500, that’s 336 homes out of 13,000 plus.

This makes no sense.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:56:10 +0000

Seems we would be better off if our alderman and mayor would follow the example of the new Des Plaines mayor in trying to marshal resources from the state and federal government to help in the effort to address flooding issues. See “New Des Plaines Mayor making flooding problem a priority” in the July 8 Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-des-plaines-mayor-nzone-08-jul08,0,442916.story