Don't fall for Winfield road tactics

One would think Winfield residents aren't smart enough to understand the complexities involved in road maintenance. Let's see. If you spend all the state motor fuel tax (MFT) dollars and real estate tax dollars you collect on things other then road maintenance, your roads will eventually be in disrepair. It's not that hard to figure out is it?

Village President Deborah Birutis was previously “Winfield Trustee Birutis.” She voted “yes” on budgets to spend MFT dollars for things other then Winfield roads. Now she wants Winfield residents to vote “yes” on referendums taking millions of dollars from us to squander on road rebuilding. Don't fall for it.

Birutis and engineering firm Rempe-Sharpe are telling the residents of Winfield that we need two (not one) multimillion dollar referendums to rebuild our roads. This same engineering firm has told all the previous village presidents for over 20 years the same story. The difference is Birutis and village trustees are the first to take the bait hook, line and sinker. To make matters worse, they are completely ignoring the opposition and economic conditions. Again, our village officials are behaving like our Congressional representatives in Washington.

Birutis recently spent untold tax dollars pushing for her double road referendums by disguising her views as village newsletters. That wasn't enough however, now she is hogging the “Comcast free to the community Channel 10” 24/7, with no opportunity for opposing views to be heard from residents. Comcast may need to rename the community channel to the “Birutis Road Propaganda Channel.”

Voting for the proposed Winfield road referendums is a vote to fill the pockets of engineering consultants. Send these bureaucrats a message on Tuesday. Vote “no” on Winfield road referendums.

Tony Reyes

Winfield