Nothing new about crowds on July 4th
I plan to go to Elk Grove Village this Fourth of July, even if Mayor Craig Johnson does not want me there. I have friends in Elk Grove Village that invited me. My wife works in EGV, we shop there, and we dine there but Mayor Johnson does not want me there on the 4th.
He was quoted in the Daily Herald as saying "To our chagrin, we did not know the magnitude of it (the Fourth of July festival in Itasca) until a couple of days ago."
What planet does he live on? Itasca has been doing this for years. Clearly Mayor Johnson is spending his holiday doing what he does best, fighting with O'Hare, fighting with his neighboring village, and getting his name in the newspaper.
Dave Kaiser
Arlington Heights
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