04-06-2009, 07:55 AM
Greg Petry Wrote:The Board of Commissioners have asked that I serve as the spokesperson for the district to address the issues presented by Ms. Ryckman...the posting above is filled with inaccurate information...please feel free to contact me at <!-- e --><a href="mailto:gregp@waukeganparks.org">gregp@waukeganparks.org</a><!-- e --> or feel free to call me at my home or at work 847-360-4721...as I will not participate in this forum...on Monday please visit the Waukegan Park District Website...www.waukeganparks.org...the home page for an update...thank you...Greg Petry
Mr. Petry's assessment of "inaccurate information" does not mean much to me, as I have personally seen what his idea of "accurate" is - for example, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) question from me to the Park District of "what was the original amount budgeted to build the Field House?", he responded with "the intial amount budgeted for the Field House Sports and Fitness Center project was $16,105,272, and the amount spent was $13,853,368" (please see attached copy of that response) - it is general knowledge that the Field House was built way over budget - Park District Commissioner Bill Sarocka verified that the original budget was $8.0 million - purposefully providing incorrect information in response to a FOIA request is the same as committing perjury in court, yet Mr. Petry apparently feels free to provide whatever information he deems necessary to make himself and the Park District Board look good.....
This is not the only time Mr. Petry has accused me of providing inaccurate information in an attempt to run interference for the Board and its actions - in August of 2008, I attended a Wadsworth Village Board meeting which Mr. Petry also attended, and at which we both provided comments regarding Orchard Hills' redevelopment - in the August 26, 2008, News Sun article regarding that meeting, "Wadsworth wants retest of soil at Orchard Hills" (a copy of that article is attached), Mr. Petry said that I was spreading "misinformation" and "trying to create hysteria over what are non-existant environmental issues," despite the fact he knew that much of what I said in that meeting I read directly off of an email from an employee for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency - we now know that I was not spreading misinformation and that environmental issues (toxic levels of arsenic) are present at Orchard Hills....
And let's not forget what happened when I asked the Waukegan City Countil on December 15, 2008, to force the Park District to do appropriate soil sampling at Orchard Hills prior to its redevelopment - Commissioner / City Clerk Wayne Motley stood up on front of that Board and, among other things, called me a "liar" and opponents of the golf course "a bunch of whining golfers" ......
(for those of you have not seen the clip of this little show, please click on the following link)
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We need a new direction for our Park District - on Tuesday, April 7th, vote for Sue Rose-Sassone and Bob Taylor for Park District Commissioners........