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Aurora Beacon-News
January 3, 2002
If Mr. Hastert wants to leave a legacy behind when he is out of office and gone,
at what cost should the rest of us have to pay for such a legacy? Is his legacy worth our jobs, lives, homes and
families? Or does he need to be awakened to the selfishness of his desire and face the piper for his actions?
This past holiday season, our family watched a favorite classic Christmas movie. The movie really had a significant
meaning to us this year; especially after what Mr. Hastert and other officials are trying to do to Kane and Kendall
counties, Big Rock Township to be specific!
Mr. Hastert and the other officials need to watch the video, Bishop's Wife. In short, the Bishop is doing everything
he can to get 'the Cathedral' built. Even if it is an unnecessary, costly monument. In his attempt to get his
Cathedral for all the people built, he alienates those around him. Those who would gain the most from such a wasteful
project influence him. He learns a hard lesson, by a visitor named Dudley, that the money could be put to better
use by helping those in need.
Just like the Bishop, Mr. Hastert is alienating those people who have elected him to represent, help and support
them. It's Mr. Hastert's bid to build a his monstrosity of a highway (his legacy) for all the people. But Mr. Hastert
appears to be led astray, maybe by some who would gain by such a wasteful project. He doesn't seem to want to hear
the cry of those in need. He just hears the voices of those who would gain from this endeavor. Even though the
people of Kane/Kendall county do not want it, his coercion keeps throwing it back into the IDOT arena.
So it is up to us, the Kane County voters, to have our voices heard. Like Dudley, we must give Mr. Hastert some
guidance, and open his eyes to the selfishness of this proposal ó a proposal that is unfounded, unwarranted and
a travesty, one that in the end would cause more harm than good. He needs to be shown that the money could be put
to better use than to destroy unincorporated farmland.
Unless someone in a position with influence can stop the railroading of this proposal and look into what devastating
affects this could have on the people, land and county, the rights of all landowners (whether they are civil rights,
state rights or constitutional rights) will have been null and void by either a handful of officials or one official.
To lock up the corridor would devastate families. Who would willingly buy land or a home knowing that in the future
it would be destroyed ó destroyed by uncaring political bureaucrats, for their own 10 minutes of fame at the cost
of Kane and Kendall county families and farmers?
So to all the officials involved in the proposed sprawlway/highway, I urge you to SAY 'NO' to this proposal. Do
not let the Kane or Kendall county lands be desecrated by this monstrosity of a highway. And to all Kane and Kendall
county voters, send IDOT and your political reps the same message: "NO to the proposed sprawlway!"
Keep our farmland secure and pure for future generations to come. Let them see the beauty and pureness of true
farmland, as well as benefit from the food grown for years to come.
Carla Miller Big Rock
01/03/02