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JOHN MOHR > ABUSES
• LIES, INSULTS, INTIMIDATION TACTICS!
LEXINGTON RESIDENT -
Kasey Wells reports... JOHN MOHR's LIES, INSULTS, and INTIMIDATION TACTICS! |
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 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 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 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."
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LEXINGTON RESIDENT -
Kasey Wells reports... JOHN MOHR's INSULTS! |
In the spring of 2011 I was trying to get JOHN's support to establish an organic community garden. A few weeks before, I presented a 15 min. PowerPoint Presentation to the city council called the LEXINGTON COMMUNITY COMMONS PROPOSAL. The Proposal was shut down for the most part, but as for the community garden aspect of the proposal, I felt there was some hope. So I called JOHN one day to ask him about it. He said, "why don't you ride your bike over here and I'll take you to a location I have in mind." So I did and he took me out to a spot of land sandwiched between the City Sewage Lagoon, the City Dump, and MONSANTO. When we got out of his truck I said, "JOHN, I don't think people are going to be interested in gardening right next to the Sewage Lagoon. Couldn't we set up a garden a little further away from all of this, like in the City Circle Park or something." He said, "NO! This is my offer; take it or leave it." I said, "JOHN, I am trying to establish an organic garden here, MONSANTO is right there. There will be pesticide over-spray all over my crops, which will defeat the purpose of trying to establish an ORGANIC garden." He turned and pointed at the seemingly endless expanse of GMO agriculture over his shoulder and said... "THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING AGRICULTURE FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS! If you think you can do better, go ahead and be my guest! If you want your organic garden here is my final offer. You are not to create any raised beds. You must make the plots 15 feet by 15 feet and 15 feet apart, so I can get a mower through here. You will not establish any water collection systems. If you want water, bring out a 5 gallon bucket and dip it out of the Sewage Lagoon." I looked at him with disgust and he looked at me and said... "What? It's natural." After those comments all hope was lost.
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The PANTAGRAPH reports... JOHN MOHR's LIES!
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See other ABUSES:
• CHARTER SCHOOL!
• "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT!"
• SUPPORTING OUTSIDE / 'EDC" INTERESTS!
• BACKDOOR BUSINESS BARGAINING!
• TWO-FACED POLITICS!
• DISLOYAL TIF SPENDING!
• MANIPULATION, FRAUD, DECEPTION!
• UNILATERAL LEGISLATION!
• IMPOSING UNNECESSARY LAWS!
• POISONING OUR ENVIRONMENT!
• DESTROYING OUR LOCAL CULTURE!
• BULLYING, ABUSING, OPPRESSING LEXINGTONIANS!
• CHARTER SCHOOL!
• "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT!"
• SUPPORTING OUTSIDE / 'EDC" INTERESTS!
• BACKDOOR BUSINESS BARGAINING!
• TWO-FACED POLITICS!
• DISLOYAL TIF SPENDING!
• MANIPULATION, FRAUD, DECEPTION!
• UNILATERAL LEGISLATION!
• IMPOSING UNNECESSARY LAWS!
• POISONING OUR ENVIRONMENT!
• DESTROYING OUR LOCAL CULTURE!
• BULLYING, ABUSING, OPPRESSING LEXINGTONIANS!