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Broda
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"I
think we've lost track of residents. I want them to have input
in government. I want to make sure
their voices are heard." Joe
Broda, Daily Herald, Thursday, October 26, 2000
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"I believe
we've made significant progress in the last several
years."
Mayor
Ron Ghilardi, Daily Herald, Thursday, October 26, 2000
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Regarding
Village of Lisle board approving the Meijer development: |
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"We'll
weigh the recommendations of the Plan Commission, Zoning
Board of Appeals, and public and staff comments."
Mayor Ron Ghilardi, Chicago Tribune,
October 10, 1998. <note:
Plan Comm., Zoning Board, Public - all came out strongly against the
Meijer project>
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"Now
with basically every public body in the Lisle are
against this, and thousands of Lisle residents against
it, I can well understand how these folks might get
frustrated. What does it take to make the Lisle village
Board listen to its constituents?" Tim
West, editorial, Lisle Sun, September 15, 1999.
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"From
the residents' perspective, I think this particular
site is tainted for Meijer. I know more people who
won't shop there than who will." Pat
Podczerwinski, president of CRADL, Daily Herald,
October, 1999.
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Regarding
Election April 1999 (where 2 pro-Meijer trustees
running for re-election, were booted out of office): |
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"The
fact is, the majority of the village did not vote,
so I do not know what that means, other than the
fact people opposed to the development in their
own back yard came out to vote." Mayor
Ron Ghilardi, Daily Herald, Thursday, April 15,
1999.
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"I
guess your logic is kind of messed up. The
people who did vote spoke loud and clear." Re-Elected
Trustee Joe Broda, Lisle Reporter, Thursday,
April 21, 1999.
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"Throughout
the process they <Meijer> have always
said if they're not wanted in Lisle, they
won't come. We have to take them at their
word." Newly-Elected
Trustee Ed Young, Daily Herald, Thursday,
April 15, 1999.
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"Finally
we had a board the worked together, and now
we're back where we started." Old
Time/Current Trustee Judy Yuill, Daily
Herald, Thursday, April 15, 1999. (Mrs.
Yuill was not up for re-election in '99.)
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"I
think we have to have the philosophy that
if something's not good for one part of
Lisle, it's not good for Lisle. " Newly-Elected
Trustee Ann Duker, Daily Herald, Thursday,
April 15, 1999.
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"The
community has shouted, 'We don't want
(Meijer) here. They (Meijer) said they
wanted to be a good neighbor. They
always said they wanted to be where they
are wanted."
Re-Elected Trustee Joe Broda, Lisle Sun,
April, 1999.
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Regarding
Meijer appeal of Judge Bonnie
Wheaton's ruling on preliminary
injunction: |
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"I
don't see any grounds really for a
reversal of Wheaton's decision. The
law in Illinois, even though it's
very old, is very clear that people
like (the plaintiffs) have very
specific rights that the Lisle
zoning process deprived them
of." Mark
Daniel, lawyer representing the
residents. Daily Herald, November,
1999.
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"I
think the mayor underestimated the
citizens of Lisle by a long
shot." Candice
Moore, resident. Daily Herald,
September, 1999.
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