But more isn't always better

Some Wheeling trustees are bright of mind and of noble character. Others seem to have flawed judgment. You might agree that ignorance is rectified by knowledge, but poor judgment is untreatable.

I agree with one reader's comment to the Daily Herald's Jan. 26 article; condominiums planned for the Wheeling Station development are unnecessary.

The project is attractive, but its purpose must be challenged. Consider the proverb, “There is nothing as wasteful as doing well that which doesn't need to be done at all.” We don't need more condominiums, banks or retail stores.

Peering behind the reason for such promotions, the astute observer discovers the motivation. It is simply a “revenue source.”

If the Wheeling budget would have been more closely controlled these last 12 years, the rabid rush for “economic development” could have been constrained. As it is, the village's emphasis is too similar to an addiction.

Unfortunately we have no trustees who show consideration to ecology, conservation and protection of green land. Instead, it is a group of spenders and “developers.” And sadly, we don't have enough new candidates in April capable of fighting commercial expansion and the raising of taxes and fees.

Will more banks help you? Will more cell towers and eight story condominiums improve the character of Wheeling? How many more special permits will be issued for selling liquor?

Why don't the trustees recognize the number of businesses that were devastated by the favoritism toward bigger Wal-Marts, and huge grocery stores that can shelve 30 brands of sliced bread?

Doesn't the failure of restaurants such as Claim Jumper, Don Roth's, Le Francais, suggest that there is a limit to thinner slices of the market?

I hope that the Northwest Suburban Taxpayers United group is successful. And maybe we can find trustees who will control spending rather than building unnecessary developments.

Jack Caldwell

Wheeling