There are two meetings scheduled for this evening at Park Ridge City Hall.
The first is a Special City Council meeting for our very special elected officials, set to begin at 6:30 p.m. The agenda (.pdf) offers a rather cryptically worded promise of --
POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY STEVE TAUBER,
CHEVALIER, ALLEN AND LICHMAN LLP
> LEGAL ISSUES FACED BY PARK RIDGE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
For those of you who may be wondering, Chevalier, Allen and Lichman LLP is the storied California law firm some people believe may possess the legal magic potion which will cure Park Ridge from the affliction of O'Hare expansion . We're guessing the power point presentation will probably look a lot like the Aviation and Airport Development law blog published by this law firm.
The second meeting scheduled tonight for our very special elected officials is the regular City Council meeting -- set to begin at 7:30 p.m. The agend (.pdf) for this meeting teasingly promises "Statutory reconsideration of veto of budget ordinance (this may or may not include a motion to override the veto)," under the Finance and Budget Committee agenda line item. The PRU Crew has heard quite a bit of speculation about what the Aldermopes may choose to do, but from the sound of that agenda line item we get the idea the Aldermopes may not be in any hurry to do anything!
B.O.H.I.C.A!
May 17, 2010
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These guys have had how many budget meetings now and we still don't have a final budget. None of them want to make the hard calls. They are just playing politics and trying to put the blame on each other. Throw the bumbs out. They all suck.
On an unrelated topic...I noticed that the Pub Dog hyperlink is missing from PRU today. Is there a civil war going on between our two beloved Park Ridge blogs?
Anon@11:45 --
We thought it best to let the Public Watchdogs stand on their own.
Why is teh law firm coming to talk about the airport? I thought they all said they didn't want litigation.
Anon@3:05 --
As we understand it, this presentation won't cost the City anything, other than time.
We don't expect to hear anything new, though we expect any information given will feel new to our elected officials.
With the City facing massive budget cuts one might question why anyone would suggest proposing a new expenditure item of $500,000? The absurdity of the predicted outcome is question enough. But in reading the document further it is even more mindboggling that two thirds of this ruse is a proposed expenditure of funds for a desperately hopeful legal expedition.
Mr. Radermacher:
This sort of reasoning is exactly why you are no longer an alderman.
MWIP
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