Prospect Hts.' water woes theirs to solve
In reading the article on the Social Security office moving to larger space and more parking in Mount Prospect, I was very pleased.
What did not please me was the Prospect Heights mayor's comment on one of the glaring problems in Prospect Heights, not being connected to Lake Michigan water.
It appears she feels the federal government should be responsible for that! That comment, after at least two, if not three, referendums in that community giving them the opportunity to be connected!
The community has continually defeated such a move due to being taxed for that improvement. The message is, if the rest of us pay for it, it would be OK? NO WAY!
Just a few years ago, a fire in Prospect Heights required assistance from other local departments and their tankers because Prospect Heights' water supply was insufficient.
They do not want to pay themselves for access to a good water supply. As someone who lived in Arlington Heights for over 30 years, and now in Palatine for about five years, it is clear to me that I would never recommend Prospect Heights as a desirable place to live.
Yes, there are beautiful homes on generous lots, but the unknown issue is the stank, brown water one has to deal with. I guess owners do that individually at their own expense and to their own "tastes" as to how much of that they can deal with.
A community-based solution for the good of all seems beyond their ken. The "free lunch" concept is alive and well in Prospect Heights. Isn't that how Illinois has gotten into such a mess? Citizenry anywhere has its responsibilities as well as rights, and sometimes working for the common good - yes, at a cost - should trump the ostrich approach to a long-standing issue.
If other businesses leave Prospect Heights, with that being one of the reasons, how does that make it business- friendly, family-friendly place?
Please, Mayor Vole, don't make the rest of us pay for that improvement that your people vote down.
Cathy Colleran
Palatine