Village subdivision not getting service

In the Hampshire Prairie subdivision, the streets flooded three times this summer.

The first time my neighbors and I called the village, it took over three hours for a public "no works" employee to come out, at which time they said there was nothing they could do.

The second time the streets flooded, my neighbors and I called the village again. This time nobody even bothered to come out.

The third time the streets flooded, my neighbors and I, sadly, did not even call the village.

I guess the department must be saving its energy for winter and more "snowplow mailbox baseball."

The village thinks it is not responsible for one of their red snowplows totaling out a $500 mailbox, even with house security film showing this happening.

In Hampshire Prairie, it takes two years to get one streetlight fixed by the village. At any time, a third of the streetlights are out and a third are malfunctioning, flashing on and off all night. Only a third work.

Hampshire Prairie is the only new subdivision in Hampshire that uses these hard-to-maintain cheap streetlights. Either the village or the developer should replace them to match the rest in Hampshire.

This is very unlikely, since the current village administration serves only the developers and not the citizen/taxpayers of Hampshire. The developer of Hampshire Prairie got away with not having all the sidewalks connected in this subdivision.

As an ex-Army officer and ex-police officer, I know what professional public service is.

I know that based on what the Hampshire citizen/taxpayer is paying in Hampshire Prairie, we certainly are not getting this service level.

Robert Von Bergen

Hampshire