Voice of the People (10/21//09)    

• Letters and Summaries of Public Comments Presented to the Forest Preserve District Commissioners
  • Open Letter to Chairman Pierotti re: 7/21/09 Promised Agenda (7/24/09)
  • Sample of citizen comments (approx. 15 speakers) at 7/21/09 Forest Preserve Commission Meeting (7/21/09)
    • W-W President: "Has the FP overlooked due Diligence?"
    • Summary of Concerns
    • West-Win Research on FP Wasteful Practices
    • No Public Notice for Blackwell Building Construction
    • Wildlife in Danger
  • Stop Blacktopping Blackwell Forest Preserve (7/20/09)
  • Blackwell "site is entirely unsuitable" + response  (7/16/09)
  • Remarks to Board of Commissioners: "Political Values and Economy" (6/9/09)
  • "Lack of financial controls (6/18/09)
  • "Insufficient project examination to justify a $7.5 million expenditure" (6/17/09)
  • Say No to "Truck Stop" says Naperville resident (6/2/09)
  • "O'Hare Blackwell funds were meant for Wetlands" says Bensenville resident  (6/2/09)
  • Letter to Forest Preserve President from West-Win VP with site pictures
• Editorials & News
  • Forest Preserve Receives 1700 Signed Petitions in Protest  (7/21/2009)
  • DuPage residents protest plans for maintenance facility at Blackwell  (7/22/09)
  • Forest Preserve will discuss Blackwell Project at July 21 Meeting  (7/18/2009)
  • Forest Preserve Bears Watching  (7/10/2009)
  • Forest Preserve in Peril  (7/3/2009)
  • Residents Decry Garage  (6/26/09)
  • Warrenville's Mayor David Brummel weighs in on his disappointment with the Forest Preserve's lack of process to inform the public  (6/09)
• Letters to the Editor
  • Forest Preserve Shrugs Off 1750 Concerned Citizens  (10/21/2009)
  • McKee Marsh will be symbol of waste  (8/29/09)
  • DuPage Wildlife Foundation – Prairie Marshes are Vital  (7/22/09)
  • DuPage County Board: Save Us from the Forest Preserve District 
  • Financial Concerns  (6/17/09)
    • Villa Park citizen weighs in on "Lack of financial controls"  (6/18/09)
  • DuPage County Board: Save Us from the Forest Preserve  (5/13/09)

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Stay tuned to this channel - we have many citations - only a small sample of the letters and newspaper articles are published to date - we have "numerous" articles to publish - more than 100 that we have received as of 7/17/09.  Thank you for your letters and opinions - keep them coming.

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Note: The West-Win Homeowners' Association Board of Directors have taken a position against the Forest Preserve's Fleet Maintenance Building expansion — and are questioning other recently completed industrial Forest Preserve expansions, e.g., construction of fuel stations in plain sight of residential neighborhoods — we do not endorse or oppose the opinions of the authors presented in their letters or newspaper publications.

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Updated 10/24/09 02:31 AM ET