Archive for August, 2009

Schiller Park ordinance: crude cover-up

Posted in Inspectors, Schiller Park on August 27th, 2009 by Sal C – 7 Comments

In an era of increasing government transparency, Schiller Park Ordinance 09-2732 may very well be one of the crudest political cover-ups in the village’s history.

By its own action to adopt the new ordinance on Aug. 25, it appears Schiller Park did not previously have legal authority to force citizens to comply with a non-existent law or local ordinance. Multi-family building owners who dutifully complied may have a legitimate legal claim against Schiller Park.

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Where were Schiller Park inspectors?

Posted in Inspectors, Schiller Park on August 24th, 2009 by Sal C – Be the first to comment

Anyone who rents or manages a multi-dwelling apartment building in Schiller Park knows about the Village’s rigorous annual, mandatory inspection program.

Most of us were dumbfounded when we awoke to the Chicago Tribune newspaper headline: Illinois pollution enforcement hampered by politics. The article, based on a Tribune investigation, revealed how carcinogenic solvents and caustic acids oozed out of rusty barrels packed haphazardly into a ramshackle building just two blocks away from a Schiller Park subdivision. read more »