Ignorance must be bliss

Photog/journalist wannabe Bill O’Neill is at it again down in Elgin. On his blog, Illegal Immigration in Illinois is Sickening Us All, he’s had this obsession with President Sarto for quite awhile, and takes every opportunity possible to bash Sarto. But, once again, O’Neill proves that he just doesn’t get it.

In response to the announcement that Sarto intends to give a State of the Village address in the near future, O’Neill says:

I, as well as others can tell you the future of Carpentersville by simply looking around us. Bleak! if he says anything different in his address, he’s outright lying to you.

Unfortunately, O’Neill knows little of what he speaks. Of course, he’d like nothing better than to see Carpentersville go down in flames, because … well, he doesn’t live here.

And, like others who have taken sides against Sarto, he is under the delusion that only illegal immigration ordinances will rescue Carpentersville from its alleged demise:

As long as Sarto and [Trustee Ramirez-Sliwinski] are in denial about illegals and their detrimental effect on the community, nothing can be done to make the Village of Carpentersville, a better place.

Mr O’Neill couldn’t be more mistaken.

Village invites citizens to leave: Day 2

As was first reported here yesterday, Carpentersville officials posted an advertisement on the Village website for Federal Border Patrol positions to “protect America’s Southwestern border”. Today marks Day 2 that the posting has topped the notices on the website, an official channel of online communication for Carpentersville.

Village officials were unresponsive to an email sent by Carpentersville Action Network seeking an explanation that could be passed on to residents, visitors and those with an interest in Carpentersville news and information.

However, members of the local media were also copied on the email. The Daily Herald followed up with Village officials to determine the purpose of the advertisement. The following explanation was published today:

the intent was to inform residents of the available positions.

“People keep asking why the federal government isn’t doing more. We can’t say they aren’t doing enough and then not help them out in finding patrol officers. Maybe this is the federal government stepping up and doing something.”

Village Manager Craig Anderson also said the flier has been posted inside Village Hall for about a week without complaint.

I will venture a guess to say that few have even seen the flier in the Village Hall.

“It does not seem to fit with the purpose of the Web page,” [Carpentersville Mayor Bill] Sarto said. “And I think it is very poor taste after what we have gone through with illegal immigration. To have that up there, of all things, is like a red flag saying, ‘We are going to get you guys one way or another.’”

[Trustee Linda] Ramirez-Sliwinski agreed.

“This is not something we should be promoting; we’re not an advertising agency,” she said. “We are as far away from a border as you can get.”

The website describes its purpose as follows:

We have designed this site to provide information about our community to those residing or working in, visiting, or planning to move to the Village of Carpentersville.

But questions remain about how such an advertisement, inviting Carpentersville residents to move out of Carpentersville to join the Border Patrol in California, Arizona, New Mexico and/or Texas, fits this purpose. Though likely it was posted at the direction of those supporting illegal immigration ordinances in the Village, one should wonder whether it was a member of Sigwalt’s and Humpfer’s opposition that posted this notice. After all, since only U.S. citizens are eligible, it will be supporters of these trustees who will be packing their bags and moving away from Carpentersville to pursue “the dream”.