Foxes, wolves seem to be taking over

Well, it started two days after the election. The newly elected officials of the Wheeling Township Board made it very clear. Their main thrust was to raise the tax levy to fund the mental health board. Although $800,000 for the board comes from the general fund, the new members say that falls short of the $1.5 million that the tax levy could raise.

I believe the people did not know that the referendum was improperly worded and the effect that it would have on their taxes. A legislative fix was done in Springfield after the fact by Democrats. The referendum should have been put back on the ballot with the proper language on how it was going to affect the taxpayers in Wheeling Township. When you let a fox in the hen house, the hens pay the price.

This also goes for the recent elections in Arlington Heights, only what happened here is more like the wolf in sheep’s clothing. The elected trustees who are supposed to be nonpartisan — Robin LaBedz, Wendy Dunnington and newly elected Bill Manganaro — took part in the demonstrations on the streets of Arlington Heights. This has never happened in the 60-plus years I have lived in Arlington Heights.

They partnered with Sen. Mark Walker, newly elected Wheeling Township supervisor Maria-Zeller Bauer and state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, all Democrats. So much for “nonpartisan,”

Both Wheeling Township and Arlington Heights have been very well run. Time will also tell if the chickens pay the price or the wolf emerges out of the sheepskin.

Richard Olhava

Arlington Heights