ARTICLES
INTIMIDATION TACTICS
LIES, INSULTS, INTIMIDATION TACTICS! CONFLICT OF INTERESTS!
I had a private meeting with JOHN at City Hall in the fall of 2011 to discuss my reservations about the 2011 TIF Redevelopment Plan. I shared with him my concerns about the potential "conflict of interests" with the plan, being that JOHN was a board member of the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (at the time) and TIF ILLINOIS (the lawyers/authors JOHN hired to write 2011 TIF Redevelopment Plan) were also investors into the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. I told him my worries that TIF ILLINOIS had written a 20 year Redevelopment Plan that suited the needs of the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL and not the needs of the People of LEXINGTON."
JOHN's response was... "If you think I'm a part of some secret organization whose primary interest is to extract money out of this town... YOU BETTER DO YOUR HOMEWORK!" "I AM NOT A PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL!"... "You are not to talk about the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL at the upcoming public hearing" (about the 20 year TIF Redevelopment Plan). "If you do bring up the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL at the public hearing I will have you thrown out!"
The next day JOHN called me at home to tell me that he was in fact a part of the EDC, but I was still not allowed to even mention the words ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL at the public hearing because it was not relevant to the the topic at hand... which was the 20 year TIF Redevelopment Plan. I am ashamed to admit that I allowed JOHN to intimidate me and convince me that I didn't have a right to voice my legitimate concerns, especially after witnessing the millions of dollars the EDC invested companies have made off of our town's "REDEVELOPMENT" in the past 3 years.
To see the evidence of JOHN's EDC existence follow the address below:
http://web.archive.org/…/201…/http://www.bnbiz.org/about.php
I had a private meeting with JOHN at City Hall in the fall of 2011 to discuss my reservations about the 2011 TIF Redevelopment Plan. I shared with him my concerns about the potential "conflict of interests" with the plan, being that JOHN was a board member of the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (at the time) and TIF ILLINOIS (the lawyers/authors JOHN hired to write 2011 TIF Redevelopment Plan) were also investors into the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. I told him my worries that TIF ILLINOIS had written a 20 year Redevelopment Plan that suited the needs of the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL and not the needs of the People of LEXINGTON."
JOHN's response was... "If you think I'm a part of some secret organization whose primary interest is to extract money out of this town... YOU BETTER DO YOUR HOMEWORK!" "I AM NOT A PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL!"... "You are not to talk about the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL at the upcoming public hearing" (about the 20 year TIF Redevelopment Plan). "If you do bring up the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL at the public hearing I will have you thrown out!"
The next day JOHN called me at home to tell me that he was in fact a part of the EDC, but I was still not allowed to even mention the words ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL at the public hearing because it was not relevant to the the topic at hand... which was the 20 year TIF Redevelopment Plan. I am ashamed to admit that I allowed JOHN to intimidate me and convince me that I didn't have a right to voice my legitimate concerns, especially after witnessing the millions of dollars the EDC invested companies have made off of our town's "REDEVELOPMENT" in the past 3 years.
To see the evidence of JOHN's EDC existence follow the address below:
http://web.archive.org/…/201…/http://www.bnbiz.org/about.php