Title: A New Olympic Event - The Forest Preserve Destruction Triathlon
Have you heard about the New Olympic Event planned for 2016?
- The Olympic Forest Preserve Destruction Triathlon
It consists of...
1. destroy the forests,
2. displace the animals, and
3. impact the peace of the surrounding communities FOREVER
Brought to you by Chicago’s Mayor Daley, and Bonnie Carter and her entire Lake County Forest Preserve Board
If the Olympics come to Chicago in 2016, Lakewood Forest Preserve in Lake County, IL the forest preserve and wildlife will be destroyed and displaced FOREVER through the construction of a 15,000 seat multi-building Horse Event Stadium and supporting facilities. All this for 3 weeks of supposed glory that might put Wauconda on the
Global map of famous places because we hosted the Olympic horse event.
What happened to the “Preserve” in Forest Preserve?
What is an Olympic Size 15,000 seat horse stadium doing in the middle of the woods? For the several years before the Olympics horse event, Death and destruction to the animals, wetlands, and trees...Seems Bonnie Carter and her board forgot about the endangered animals living here!
Road construction, stadium construction, horse stable construction
New sewage system, water system, more power lines
Noise Noise Noise, and MORE Noise for 1+ year straight, maybe more!
(what animals in the surrounding forest will stick around throughout all this?)
During the Olympics and forever after, Every weekend, and some weekdays too!
Bright flood lights
Blaring announcer loudspeakers
Hundreds and thousands of spectators = traffic
Fast food litter (have you ever seen this NOT be the case?)
Is THIS what we mean by the word “Preserve” in Forest Preserve?
After the Olympics, this “Legacy” that is left behind, what next?
Horse events, rock concerts, monster truck meets, WHAT ELSE?
Increased traffic
Increased crime opportunities
And sadly, no more peaceful Lakewood Forest Preserve
This is not just about the 300+ acres the horse stadium occupies, It’s the impact to the entire Lakewood eco-system.
It’s the impact to the communities surrounding Lakewood And worst of all, its setting the precedent that it is OK to let our wonderful Bonnie Carter and her Lake County Forest Preserve board, do anything they please, even if it means DESTROYING OUR FOREST PRESERVES.
Doesn’t their job description of Lake County Forest Preserve Board have the word “PRESERVE” in it somewhere?
Seems they have forgotten the original charter of the Lake County Forest Preserve (excerpt from their web site below)
http://www.lcfpd.org/about/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.viewHistory
And I quote directly from the above
“Our roots reach back to 1957…” “In those days, Lake County's population hadn't even reached 300,000.
But people were already shaking their heads about the loss of open space. Unique to Illinois, forest preserve districts were designed to protect large natural areas.”
End of quote from above Lake County Forest Preserve web site.
So how is a 15,000 seat Olympic size stadium destroying and displacing the forest and the animals consistent with their original charter as put forth on their OWN WEB SITE? Please take special note of the phrase “forest preserve districts were designed to protect large natural areas” – note the particular word “protect”! What better way to “protect” the forest and the animals than to put in a 15,000 seat multi-building Olympic horse stadium with all the fringe benefits of removing the trees and wetlands, displacing the animals, the noise, traffic, and litter I have mentioned above!
So once again,
What happened to the “Preserve” in Forest Preserve?
In 2020, Will your grandkids care that the 2016 Olympics horse events were in Lakewood? Or would they rather take a hike on one of the peaceful trails we preserved for them?
BONNIE CARTER AND THE ENTIRE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE BOARD PLEASE – READ YOUR OWN WEB SITE YOU SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR JOB
Gee, I wonder after they read this letter if their original charter will mysteriously disappear from their web site, just like the forest and the animals will if this Olympic Horse Stadium is forced upon mother nature?
Check back in a month to see if they will try to hide their sins by removing their original charter from their web site.
There is time to change this terrible mistake. Even if the Olympics do not come to Chicago, Lakewood AND EVERY FOREST PRESERVE in Lake County will be under an eternal risk that Bonnie Carter and her Lake County Forest Preserve Board could make similar tragically bad decisions.
Please, remember that there is the word “Preserve” in Forest Preserve.
Please, remember the original charter of the Lake County Forest Preserve, and I quote one more time, “preserve districts were designed to protect large natural areas”.
Have you heard about the New Olympic Event planned for 2016?
- The Olympic Forest Preserve Destruction Triathlon
It consists of...
1. destroy the forests,
2. displace the animals, and
3. impact the peace of the surrounding communities FOREVER
Brought to you by Chicago’s Mayor Daley, and Bonnie Carter and her entire Lake County Forest Preserve Board
If the Olympics come to Chicago in 2016, Lakewood Forest Preserve in Lake County, IL the forest preserve and wildlife will be destroyed and displaced FOREVER through the construction of a 15,000 seat multi-building Horse Event Stadium and supporting facilities. All this for 3 weeks of supposed glory that might put Wauconda on the
Global map of famous places because we hosted the Olympic horse event.
What happened to the “Preserve” in Forest Preserve?
What is an Olympic Size 15,000 seat horse stadium doing in the middle of the woods? For the several years before the Olympics horse event, Death and destruction to the animals, wetlands, and trees...Seems Bonnie Carter and her board forgot about the endangered animals living here!
Road construction, stadium construction, horse stable construction
New sewage system, water system, more power lines
Noise Noise Noise, and MORE Noise for 1+ year straight, maybe more!
(what animals in the surrounding forest will stick around throughout all this?)
During the Olympics and forever after, Every weekend, and some weekdays too!
Bright flood lights
Blaring announcer loudspeakers
Hundreds and thousands of spectators = traffic
Fast food litter (have you ever seen this NOT be the case?)
Is THIS what we mean by the word “Preserve” in Forest Preserve?
After the Olympics, this “Legacy” that is left behind, what next?
Horse events, rock concerts, monster truck meets, WHAT ELSE?
Increased traffic
Increased crime opportunities
And sadly, no more peaceful Lakewood Forest Preserve
This is not just about the 300+ acres the horse stadium occupies, It’s the impact to the entire Lakewood eco-system.
It’s the impact to the communities surrounding Lakewood And worst of all, its setting the precedent that it is OK to let our wonderful Bonnie Carter and her Lake County Forest Preserve board, do anything they please, even if it means DESTROYING OUR FOREST PRESERVES.
Doesn’t their job description of Lake County Forest Preserve Board have the word “PRESERVE” in it somewhere?
Seems they have forgotten the original charter of the Lake County Forest Preserve (excerpt from their web site below)
http://www.lcfpd.org/about/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.viewHistory
And I quote directly from the above
“Our roots reach back to 1957…” “In those days, Lake County's population hadn't even reached 300,000.
But people were already shaking their heads about the loss of open space. Unique to Illinois, forest preserve districts were designed to protect large natural areas.”
End of quote from above Lake County Forest Preserve web site.
So how is a 15,000 seat Olympic size stadium destroying and displacing the forest and the animals consistent with their original charter as put forth on their OWN WEB SITE? Please take special note of the phrase “forest preserve districts were designed to protect large natural areas” – note the particular word “protect”! What better way to “protect” the forest and the animals than to put in a 15,000 seat multi-building Olympic horse stadium with all the fringe benefits of removing the trees and wetlands, displacing the animals, the noise, traffic, and litter I have mentioned above!
So once again,
What happened to the “Preserve” in Forest Preserve?
In 2020, Will your grandkids care that the 2016 Olympics horse events were in Lakewood? Or would they rather take a hike on one of the peaceful trails we preserved for them?
BONNIE CARTER AND THE ENTIRE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE BOARD PLEASE – READ YOUR OWN WEB SITE YOU SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR JOB
Gee, I wonder after they read this letter if their original charter will mysteriously disappear from their web site, just like the forest and the animals will if this Olympic Horse Stadium is forced upon mother nature?
Check back in a month to see if they will try to hide their sins by removing their original charter from their web site.
There is time to change this terrible mistake. Even if the Olympics do not come to Chicago, Lakewood AND EVERY FOREST PRESERVE in Lake County will be under an eternal risk that Bonnie Carter and her Lake County Forest Preserve Board could make similar tragically bad decisions.
Please, remember that there is the word “Preserve” in Forest Preserve.
Please, remember the original charter of the Lake County Forest Preserve, and I quote one more time, “preserve districts were designed to protect large natural areas”.
2 comments:
Contrary to popular belief;
We are already on the map!
There is a toxic waste dump up on the corner of Bonner and Garland roads that made the nations top ten most toxic waste sites list
(in fact: a superfund clean-up site). I believe Bonnie knows of this place, something to do with water and contaminated wells.
I'm sure the Olympic officials won't mind using this contaminated land or "brown ground".
Wauconda has an opportunity to turn a real "stinker" into a real positive here...think about it, we could use the 10 foot tall emmission pipes for horse jumping events and hang Olympic flags from them or better yet...put torches on top of them!!
I can see it now. Mayor Daley standing there waving his GREEN flag. It will be our legacy!!
The Pritzker's would probably want to put up a hotel or two - and Abbott could sell a lot of drugs to people with cancer etc., It's a win-win-win all the way around. Wauconda could recoup millions due to this whole "landfill" scenario.
We could set a precedent. It truly is a,
"once in a lifetime - opportunity".
I wonder if anyone has bothered to tell the International Olympic Committee the IOC about ABTC? The acronym stands for Alternative Behavioral Treatment Center.
It's a residential treatment center for aggressive sexual offenders that live right on the edge of the Forest Preserve within walking distance from where they want to put up a stadium in Wauconda??
Using the landfill site is a much better solution than raping the Forest Preserve or having people being raped - in the Forest Preserve.
C'mon let's do the right thing!!
I'm not against the Olympics - I'm just against having them in a Forest PRESERVE!!
Or targeting any Forest Preserve for "DEVELOPMENT" for self-serving politicians.
Any board members that voted for this should be voted OUT in the next election. This SHOULD be their ticket out of town!!!
This is a total misuse of Forest Preserve land plain and simple!!!
Go L.A.
~T
There's been a lot of stuff in the media, both print and electronic, re Chicago's push for the Olympics.
I think OUR focus has to be directed toward not having a horsepark in Lakewood -- much MORE SO than not having the Olympics per se in Chicago.
I could be wrong, but I have the feeling that some horsepark opponents think that having the Oly. in LA or elsewhere means that the horsepark boondoggle in Wauconda Twp. will be quashed de facto.
I am not so sure about that. My PERSONAL feeling is that the powers-that-be have a burning, itching desire to develop that area in Lakewood, and having the Oly. there would just pave (no pun intended) the way for them.
STOP THE BOONDOGGLE !!
NO HORSEPARK IN LAKEWOOD !!
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