From Norm Vinton of the State’s Attorney’s Office to Scott Puma, attorney for the Village of Lakewood, where developer impact fees are being proposed to use to help finance a new Clubhouse for the Village’s RedTail Golf Course:
This follows the following correspondence:
The “attached correspondence from Norm Vinton” mentionied in Melissa Anderson’s email was not supplied along with other documents sent in reply to a Freedom of Information request. Neither were the cited attachments.
Norm Vinton screwed the pooch on this one.
As he always does.
He needs to find a job commensurate with his marginal abilities.
Theater ticket taker. Wood chopper. Potato peeler.
But wouldn’t that put you out of a job, loser.
I am not sure Puma knows how the law or Government works.
The state’s attorney requests information in writing and if you don’t understand what they want, you call them, clarify and then respond back in writing.
Stalling is a tactic of a guilty conscience.
By ignoring them, you basically are saying FU to an entity that has the power of a Grand Jury subpoena for records and or testimony.
Something tells me that Puma needs to buy a few more Nikes to run and hide.
I still am of the mindset that Lakewood needs to start the process of disincorporation and let Crystal Lake annex them so a guy like Trump can buy the golf course, that has been a thorn in their side for 20 plus years, but they are too stupid to cut their losses and sell it to whomever wants to less lose money than a city.
Buy squads and drones, not golf courses and Sports complexes.
(lose less money) for the punctuation police.
Vinton is like watching the Chicago Cubs in the 1960’s and 70’s as IMO he’s going to lose but worth a few laughs. When Vinton’s on the matter I always feel sorry for the poor SOB he’s ‘representing’ as they may as well have done it themselves.
Whoa, I like this Norm fellow!
“Please don’t let my delay inspire you”?
Norm and I just have to hang out and trade barbs.
“Stalling is a tactic of a guilty conscience.”
Kind of like Trumpty with his “bombshell, irrefutable truths.”
Lookie lookie – attachment’s 11-16-22 email Wilson.
That can’t possible be the soon to be former Lakewood resident and FBI agent Steve ‘I was never proven guilt of stealing clients money’ Wilson. Dell Webb – Huntley enjoy our treasured FBI agent. Marengo and I will truly miss him. Stormy D just because a self entitled, twerp requests information, doesn’t mean that he is owed anything.
Interesting weaponization of the States Attorney! But Mr. Vinton, I thought your office doesn’t investigate…
Norm Vinton, February 11, 2021
“I read the materials you sent me regarding the pay of the village president and a trustee. My response is the same as I have given to you on other Lakewood matters. The State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) is a prosecutorial body and not an investigatory body. Other than in very rare instances, investigations are done by a law enforcement agency (LEA and not the SAO. If a crime is charged by a LEA, we will prosecute it. Potential felony charges are reviewed by the SAO before being filed, but the SAO still isn’t doing the investigation. Just as LEAs don’t prosecute cases, the SAO doesn’t investigate cases or make arrests.”
There’s also no end to the lobbying, for a new playpen, by the Lakewood Broken Boner Association.
“Weaponization.”
A buzzword to deflect.
The local police do not investigate use or misuse of public funds by government bodies.
This is exactly the sort of thing prosecutors in county, state, and federal office should do.
What do you imagine the Lakewood police would do about this case?
IMO, the MCSAO under Kenneally and Vinton changes policy of whither they ‘investigate’ matters or not based on the politics and who’s involved. ‘Turds’ in the same toilet bowl. Kenneally is out for Kenneally. He’s always twitchy and flopping and giving his ‘Platitude of The Day’.
It’s one of two things on the non-response to the MCSA.
Puma has been unresponsive on this to Vinton and to the Board. Or…..
What is more likely is that they all ARE in receipt of the foregoing, had a holy sh*t moment, and still haven’t decided on their strategy.
This potentially blows a giant hole below the Red Tail waterline.
And yet, they blundered ahead anyway.
It never fails to amaze me that Boards of all stripes, when presented with plain language law and ordinance, decide they’ve found some novel means to ignore their duties to their oaths.
“Kind of like Trumpty with his “bombshell, irrefutable truths.””
It started out as “irrefutable truths”. Then it “became irrefutable proof”. Then an “irrefutable report”.
Then, rather a Premier or an Opening Night, they chose the “straight to video” release sometime in the future.
Who will cross the finish line first? Lakewood or tRumpty?
Mellow, are you implying Trump has used delay as a strategy? He’s going to release those tax returns and his evidence that Obama is not a USA citizen any day now. Stop weaponizing time.
I also laugh at Puma’s contention that these are “private matters”. It sucks (literally) when you’re a hooker and your client opts for the “Endless Fellatio” option instead of the “Wham Bam”.
Lakewood? You’re really going to compound your problems?
tRumpty’s delays are an admission of having no valid defense, no actual strategy.
Martin, Those are Vinton’s words not mine.
Norm Vinton declined to investigate how sitting trustees raised their own pay, why a project was broken into three pieces that just happened to fall below the threshold to bid, why a prevailing wage project hired non union employees and did not have any documentation they paid prevailing wage.
Mr. Vinton also declined to investigate why impact fee funds were spent outside the area of collection.
And interestingly enough, Mr. Vinton is now performing an investigation for a resident that doesn’t even have a legal standing. IE the resident didn’t pay into the fund.
What words?
The language about the rarity of the MCSA acting as investigators?
Yes, that is what you quoted him as saying in regard to a different complaint.
This case is one of the rare ones they chose to take on.
Whatever your complaint was, they chose not to follow up.
And you claim to know the identity of the source of the complaint that led to this investigation.
Who is that?
Standing has nothing to do with this; it is the legal right to bring a lawsuit.
One does not need “standing” to complain to law enforcement authorities about alleged crimes of which they are aware.
Hopefully, his “investigation” will be thorough and will result in the repayment of the missing $123,000.
If I am getting a refund, I expect it all.
Odd how that wasn’t important to him previously…
If the foregoing is correct….
As far as standing, if Wilson (or anyone) was the Owner of Record at that moment in time when that Agreement period was to extinguish, and if it does say that unspent monies are to be refunded (or by statute), then they have standing, whether they still own it or live there.
🤔 This conversation seems too on point. JT, three Rumble links in separate posts spaced 10 minutes apart if you would, please?
JT and Bobby Q are busy helping, copying, collating and binding and mailing out, “TRUMP TRUTH”. It’s on the adult rack, underneath the cigarettes and pints.
My bet is Cal is the complainant on behalf of all of us who care about process.
Who cares who is the complainant?
Every Lakewood board seems to be worse than the ones they replaced.
Popeye and Olive Oyle now a board that also thinks it is a good idea to own a golf course, so much so that they doubled down and now want to turn it into a brand new 19th hole Taj Mahal. I
MHO, it seems that most of the residents of Lakewood are too stuck on themselves to be of any use.
They ran on a slate that sounded like they knew what they were doing but it turns out they are making Popeye look smart.
I think they need to fly a drone over the sand pit and try to find out who is heisting the sand.
Oy Vey
Vinton should resign, and take Pokorny, Martin and Mellow on all gay Key West cruise.
“Vinton should resign, and take Pokorny, Martin and Mellow on all gay Key West cruise.”
You had such a good time when you went last time.
You seem to know the locations. Please let us know your last itinerary for planning.