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The State of the Village address information was posted today on the Village’s website, with details posted here.
I would like to take a moment to thank Village Manager Craig Anderson for his quick reply to today’s inquiry about this item, and Village staff’s quick response in posting this notice.
Manager Anderson provided the following information:
In general most updates to the Village website are done on Thursday.
One should also take note that the Border Patrol Ad matter has been resolved, and the posting no longer appears on the front page of the Website. Kudos, folks!
Well, well … would you look at that? The Village posted a job on the website that doesn’t require people to move out of town to take the position.
Under normal circumstances, this would not deserve kudos, but given that we are on Day 11 of the Border Patrol Ad Watch … its worthy of note.
BTW, if you want to apply for the Improvement Committee … today is the deadline to get your letter/application to President Sarto.
During his report at Tuesday night’s Board meeting, Trustee Paul Humpfer said that he was “disappointed” that information delivered to residents on the new waste management program was translated into Spanish.
Apparently he would prefer the garbage pile up at residences, or the job of ARC workers be made more difficult. Just another example of an unwillingness to communicate even important information to residents.
Later, Trustee Judy Sigwalt reported on an incident she said occurred at “a Hispanic bakery”. An email that was forwarded to the rest of the Board members noted that a resident was not served at the bakery because “no English”. “There are two sides to every story”, Sigwalt charged, seeming to infer that Hispanics were not welcoming either — perhaps to justify her own position and attempt to recover from the damage done by the New York Times Magazine article.
But, Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski reported that “indeed there are two sides to every story.” She said that the person did not refuse service simply because the person was an Anglo, but rather said they did not speak English. Another Anglo who went into the store (and a member of the audience raised his hand) was served at that bakery. “So, yes, there are two sides to every story.”
Yet, not all was roses for Ramirez-Sliwinski at the meeting. At one point, countering Sigwalt, she uttered a phrase in Spanish. When asked by Sigwalt if she could translate into English, Ramirez-Sliwinski said she couldn’t. Sigwalt then asked President Sarto to ask her to translate … Ramirez-Sliwinski’s reply was a curt “no”. I do not feel that this was appropriate and is representative of the kind of cattiness that does not need to be brought tit-for-tat to these meetings.
And finally, let me say that it would be nice if President Sarto could offer a bit more brevity to his commentary. He offers many good points, I think, but needs to use fewer words to make those points, especially because those good points tend to get lost in the verbosity. It would also be helpful to not belabor the points in attempts to hammer them home.
BTW, today marks Day 10 of Border Patrol Ad Watch. The Village still insists on advertising for a job that would move folks out of the community. It would be nice to see them at least advertise for job opportunities in and around Carpentersville. But, politics is the rule here; not common sense. And everyone is dug in so deep that they will never accomplish anything. Talk about needing a recall election … we need a new Board or perhaps we need to simply dissolve the Village government.
Happy Monday folks! Let’s kick off the week with something easy …
Trusteees Sigwalt and Humpfer, President Sarto and illegal immigration were all in the papers this weekend.
But, there was one big question on my mind as I read through all of them that I would like folks to answer:
What’s next for Carpentersville after passing various ordinances and resolutions to get the Hispanics out of town? In other words, what is the end goal of getting 40%+ of a city’s population to leave? What do you think it is/should be?
None of the trustees seem to have a plan — or, at least they ain’t tellin’ (either this blog or the papers).
What’s your answer to the questions above? Do you have any ideas for what to do with an East side that’s all but deserted?
BTW, today marks Day 7 of Border Patrol Ad Watch in which someone in the Village offices think its a good idea to get people out of Carpentersville. Probably a member of the “All-American Anti-Hispanic Team”. Get the Hispanics out, get the U.S. citizens out. Now there’s a plan for you.
Today is Day 3 of the Village of Carpentersville website posting for the Federal Border Patrol. The ad for recruits to “protect America’s Southwest border” would require residents to move out of Carpentersville to take the job … since the southwest border of the U.S. is a few thousand miles away. Certainly not an easy commute.
Carpentersville Action Network wholly supports the work of those on the front lines of protecting our borders and enforcing our laws, but this ad simply doesn’t make sense for Carpentersville to put on the Village website because of a number of reasons previously mentioned. The explanation from Village Manager Craig Anderson, (although he is probably not responsible for specifically directing the posting of the ad), might make sense if the ad was for local recruitment for federal positions with ICE or other agencies.
I believe that Carpentersville, if it does not remove this ad, should modify its purpose statement, to show that they care so much that they will even help residents by posting reasons to move out of the Village:
We have designed this site to provide information about our community to those residing or working in, visiting, or planning to move to or from the Village of Carpentersville.
C’mon folks, how long are you going to let this go on? Really.
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”.
What’s this? Could it be the Village of Carpentersville website? Why yes it is!
And, what’s the first item appearing on the front page of the site? It is none other than an advertisement for Federal Border Patrol Agency jobs, to “protect America’s Southwest border”.
Now, the question is … what is that doing on there? Is it the work of a “hacker” or something more heinous? [UPDATE: 11:00am CDT – Obviously this is an intentional notice as, even after notifying the Village, the “notice” remains. Let the count begin…]
The purpose of the website listed on the right-hand side of the site says:
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.
Is that “information about our community”? What’s the message you think it is sending?
I have given our Village Board an opportunity to explain to all the residents the reason for the “notice” which is inappropriate, offensive and in poor taste, having sent them the following email yesterday:
Ladies and gentleman, including members of the media,
I am writing to both alert you to, and get an explanation for, what I believe to be inappropriate content that was posted to the Village of Carpentersville’s website.
The website lists 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.
However, when visiting the website today, I found listed as the first item on the Home page, under “News/Updates/Notices!!” an advertisement for the Federal Border Patrol Agency (specifically “America’s Southwest border). Checking the websites of other villages, towns and cities around the area, I found no such “notices”.
In light of recent events in the Village, this content seems to be inappropriate and in poor taste, providing one more reason for aspersions to be cast against the Village of Carpentersville.
As a concerned citizen, I would like to know the answers to the following questions surrounding the publication of this content on the Village’s website, an official communication tool of Carpentersville government.
1. Why was this content posted?
2. Under who’s direction was this content posted?
3. Why was this content posted above more urgent notices, such as those citing open committee positions and newly passed ordinances?
4. What does this content have to do with the stated purpose of the Village website?
5. What steps have or will be taken to correct this situation and prevent such abuses in the future?I, along with all the residents of Carpentersville, anxiously await your answers to these questions.
Sincerely,
Chrysippus
Editor and Administrator
Carpentersville Action Network
Now, the last email message sent to the Village Board received no response from Trustees, with the exception of Trustee Ritter who declined to comment and President Sarto who answered my query (Thank you both for the courtesy of a reply.)
Continue to check back with this site to see when and if members of the Board reply. I encourage all those who visit this site to contact the Board with your own query and let them know that you find this inappropriate and irrelevant to the community.
Carpentersville Action Network 
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