Thank you Shorewood Trustee Stokebrand

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱. Below are her thoughts from the September 15 village board meeting, just prior to the vote on the sale of the parking lot to a private entity. She is the “𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿” among trustees. However, I find her comments extremely 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.

𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝐷𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝐷𝐴 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐺𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒’𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝟰𝟱𝟬 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 8 𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹.

𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟’𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.

Here is a trustee who has allowed her opinion to be changed by the deteriorating economics of our village budget. Thank you Trustee Stokebrand.