Good afternoon, PRU readers. The Crew appreciates your patience while we get our story straight.
At last night's Procedures and Regulations Committee meeting, it was the Lord of the Manor, Alderman Rich DiPietro (2nd ward) who led the charge to keep Park Ridge "safe" for the doing of evil under the guise of "protecting" the residents of Park Ridge from too much knowledge.
Just like the Illinois Family Institute, who prefer that High School freshman never even hear the words birth control, let alone learn how to use methods of birth control, the Lord of the Manor is reported to have said that the taxpayers of Park Ridge must be protected from the disclosure of information the council chooses to discuss in secret.
It is further reported to PRU that the Lord of the Manor is demanding that a procedure for censure be put in place to punish anyone who does release closed session material, or the Lord of the Manor can't, "in good conscience", vote for future closed sessions of the city council.
We've got news for the Lord of the Manor, what you're advocating is pure evil and illegal.
Keeping information from the citizens of Park Ridge and claiming it is for their own protection is so Orwellian in its twisted logic we believe DiPietro's "good conscience" has been possessed by some sort of evil demon.
Forget censure. The city council needs a procedure for an exorcism.
February 6, 2008
Advocating for Evil.
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Thanks PRU for the update. How outrageous! I say the perfect exorcism is a recall ordinance.
Unbelievable. What is this Communist Russia?!?!?! To hell with all of them.
How can you create a ordinance that's purpose is to evade the open meetings act?
No surprise that Richie D wants no leaks out of closed sessions - a lot of his constituents are just finding out that they actually live in the Second Ward, that they have their own alderman, and that Richie's it. I'm sure he figures that's enough information for them.
What does it matter if they discuss public business secretly or openly? Why are they bothering to hide? They gave Frimark's buddy what he wanted for the condos on Washington. They gave another Frimark car dealer buddy millions of dollars. It's not like they listen to residents anyway. They ignore residents openly or secretly but the results are the same. They ignore residents.
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful . . .and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." -- George Orwell, 1946
When I was on the City Council, there were several votes to close meetings. Most of the time I thought it was appropriate and voted to do so; sometimes I thought it wasn't and voted "no." Sometimes my side won and sometimes it lost.
But every time we went to closed session I knew that anyone in the session was free to release information about the session later, if (s)he wished. That's how the state law is and I don't think there's anything the Council can do about it.
What our duly elected public servants are considering now is downright bizarre.
Its getting more and more like Chicago - here. The only difference
they have equal rights - at times
just like we do.
WHAT are you hiding, Councilmen?
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." --Will Rogers
I appreciate the efforts made to bring us all the information you manage to gather concerning goings on in PR. However, I’m afraid my blood pressure is rising each time I read your newest post and am afraid one day I will be grasping my chest as I collapse at my computer.
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