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Resident Chuckles with "Adopt
a Block" Program

I had to laugh when the latest OP news bulletin came across my e-mail yesterday announcing a new "Adopt a Block" program whereby we residents can form committees to clean up garbage on our block and the village will provide the bags, stickers and signs.  I suspect the next initiative will be an "Adopt a pothole" project whereby residents can
organize to fill the potholes on their block and the Village will supply the asphalt.  This is all so surreal - that our tax dollars can't fund basic services anymore, but they can fund massive subsidies to private developers for low quality,  out-of-scale projects we don't  need, that are one-by-one diminishing the character of this town, driving out small businesses, undermining our property values - and not
reducing taxes.  Installing "Adopt a Block" signs should be a clear message to anyone considering a move to Oak Park that they should think twice. 

I urge the Village to reconsider this ill-conceived idea.

Thank you,

Kathryn Jonas

 



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