Linda Moore
Pam Fender
First up with the story about Huntley Village Trustee Pam Fender’s calling the police over Linda Moore’s efforts to keep her from invading her office was the Daily Herald’s Jameel Naqvi.
I looked at the 53 comments yesterday about 10 AM and found many had been voted hidden by readers of the comments.
Reading them below, you might find a common thread:
Tell us what you see in the comment section.
cadman :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:23 PM
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Gerry McMahon
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This is all a distraction to what the bickering is all about. As mcmahon ( no capitals, they show respect) said at last nights meeting Trustee Gerry McMahon became so incensed at their questions he shouted,
“I don’t represent you.
I don’t care to.”
“Until my term expires we’re never going to be done with the building,” he said.
There is the problem. no $5,000,000 building.
esther :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:01 PM
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Sounds like this Fender lady has a problem and what is she trying to hide?
cadman :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:09 PM
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http://www.firstelectricnewspaper.com/
More Grafton Township Fireworks
This is the link and story title with regard to my post of 12:23 today.
Cassandra the Good :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:13 PM
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Last week Huntley Village Trustee Pam Fender made an uncontested pitch for a second taxpayer-financed job.
Setting aside the personal “stuff”, how does the Township Board select a person to hire (I don’t know if it was advertised to the public – don’t think so) at a cost of $35 thousand plus benefits (? another $15 thousand?) without a job description?Was/Is this new person neutral or a Board supporter?
Is Huntley the only part of the Township where residents live?
This reminds me how things are run in Chicago, I suppose I could be wrong…..
Larry Snow :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:32 PM
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Article on last night’s township meeting at McHenryCountyblog.com
Pam Fender advising Township Trustee Betty Zirk during the budget hearing Tuesday night.
Last night apparently Fender as a Huntley Village trustee feels she is entitled to boss someone around and tell them where to sit at a public meeting when she is only a member in the audience at a Grafton Township meeting.
Which Grafton trustee couldn’t see Fender was going to be confrontational in the office? Or was that one of her “professional” qualifications they were looking for? Is it a coincidence the trustees hired Fender without bothering with a job descritpion or asking for a resume?
AJM :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:47 PM
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Pam Fender explaining her needs, including two telephones, to townshp trustees
Article on last night’s township meeting at McHenryCountyblog.com
Last night apparently Fender as a Huntley Village trustee feels she is entitled to boss someone around and tell them where to sit at a public meeting when she is only a member in the audience at a Grafton Township meeting.
Which Grafton trustee couldn’t see Fender was going to be confrontational in the office? Or was that one of her “professional” qualifications they were looking for? Is it a coincidence the trustees hired Fender without bothering with a job descritpion or asking for a resume?
Larry, I agree with your comment about the qualifications the trustees were looking for when they hired Ms Fender. Seems to me the trustees don’t like to get their hand slapped each time they reach into the cookie jar (Tax payers money).
cadman :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:01 PM
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Grafton Township Hall that would have cost about $5 million, including interest.
I find it very interesting that not one of you people can see the reasoning behind all of this. Could it be that you people have so much money to throw away that you want to enrich a few with a $5,000.000 building? Looks like Linda Moore is keeping a lot of money out of a few peoples pockets and you people want to fill those pockets. Look to see who benefits from the building and you will see who is causeing all of the problems.
Who is doing the steering of the trustees? Do you people really believe this is over a copier? The coffee is brewed, wakeup and smell it.
AJM :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:39 PM
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Cadman, you are absolutely correct. Linda Moore is doing what she is elected to do and that is to be fiscally responsible to the taxpayers. Either a lot of the folks on this board have money to burn or they are all family members of the trustees. I for one am not in favor of the 5M dollar building nor am I in favor of paying Ms Fender’s 35K salary.
cadman :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:28 PM
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How much of the $35,000 salary is alotted for posting time on the Huntley Neighbors site?
cadman :: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:08 PM
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suncityhawk, apparently you are not familiar with the proper way to run a government entity. If you were you would see these are people that are trying to do the right thing for all concerned, unlike your fellow sun cityite.It may be hard for you to do but look at both sides of the stories.
The fact that all these particular posts were voted down indicates that the majority of commentors felt otherwise. A fact which seems to be lost on you and most likely those who posted above. I suspect at the next election this will be all sorted out, and Grafton Township will return to some sense of normalcy. Someone will step to the plate and fill the void which has been created by this juvenile behavior on both side of the coin.
The voting on Daily Herald is silly. One can open multiple accounts and easily alter voting.
The voting isn’t necessarily what it seems. If one has 20 friends who think they can shut down an opinion or facts, all they have to do is go and vote things down. It doesn’t change the facts. It doesn’t mean the opinion is wrong.