02-03-2011, 03:34 PM
Let me start by saying that what ever happens on this board has little meaning or value because not very many people participate in it or find it a valuable tool. If you are really impassioned, you will write letters to the editor, call your neighbors and be an active part of our community, not hide and slam people that you have little or no affiliaton with and are completly uneducated on the facts!
That said, I have a few quick points - The WBA evolved into the City of Waukegan Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Mrs. Link, given the image of this city and the general morale, I find this noteworthy that the organization is more than 150 members strong. The Chambe serves ALL of the community, if there was an area of the city that anyone feels has not been served by the Chamber, I am sure that a simple call to the Chamber would solve the issue. My company is a dues paying member of the Chamber and we attend nearly every event - sometimes 2 or 3 per month and Mrs. Link is in attendance at all of them ( so I am unsure why "susielinksux" thinks she spends so much time in Florida??)
The real issue here is that we have an alderman that has been in office more than 30 years...this is part of the problem. If Alderman TenPas was so strong then why would he allow the city to be in the situation that it is, he too sat on the Finance Committee for many years. Hmmm?
The real issue is that the home value in Waukegan has steadily declined and that has to do with the ENTIRE council.
The real issue is that the quality of life in Waukegan sucks..I do all of my shopping in Kenosha or Gurnee, I can't find a good (or bad for that matter) place to have a steak, I can't purchase a book because there are no bookstores, maybe just maybe with the election of Mrs. Link and a new city council we will have the option of a better quality of life. The people of Waukegan are so used to getting nothing from thier aldermen that they do not know how to accept the fact that there are other options than setteling for the same old thing. I do not know Mrs. Link very well, but we have talked, I doubt that she will deliver you tomatos or shovel your sidewalk, but as far as I am concerned that is not what an alderman is for. She also will not bully you into voting for her, she will let you make your own informed and educated decisions. Give Mrs. Link a chance, you migh just be surprised.
That said, I have a few quick points - The WBA evolved into the City of Waukegan Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Mrs. Link, given the image of this city and the general morale, I find this noteworthy that the organization is more than 150 members strong. The Chambe serves ALL of the community, if there was an area of the city that anyone feels has not been served by the Chamber, I am sure that a simple call to the Chamber would solve the issue. My company is a dues paying member of the Chamber and we attend nearly every event - sometimes 2 or 3 per month and Mrs. Link is in attendance at all of them ( so I am unsure why "susielinksux" thinks she spends so much time in Florida??)
The real issue here is that we have an alderman that has been in office more than 30 years...this is part of the problem. If Alderman TenPas was so strong then why would he allow the city to be in the situation that it is, he too sat on the Finance Committee for many years. Hmmm?
The real issue is that the home value in Waukegan has steadily declined and that has to do with the ENTIRE council.
The real issue is that the quality of life in Waukegan sucks..I do all of my shopping in Kenosha or Gurnee, I can't find a good (or bad for that matter) place to have a steak, I can't purchase a book because there are no bookstores, maybe just maybe with the election of Mrs. Link and a new city council we will have the option of a better quality of life. The people of Waukegan are so used to getting nothing from thier aldermen that they do not know how to accept the fact that there are other options than setteling for the same old thing. I do not know Mrs. Link very well, but we have talked, I doubt that she will deliver you tomatos or shovel your sidewalk, but as far as I am concerned that is not what an alderman is for. She also will not bully you into voting for her, she will let you make your own informed and educated decisions. Give Mrs. Link a chance, you migh just be surprised.