...so Vicky shall have her fountain. Let's see, with a $1K budget, that will cover some cheesed*ck resin thing from Menards. But I would encourage her to purchase locally.
"Fountain by civic center:
Glen Ellyn Village Officials informally agreed to put a 5-foot water fountain in front of the civic center at 535 Duane St. Village President Vicky Hase said the village has roughly $1,000 in its budget for beautification, and board members agreed the accessory would enhance the area. Officials said they intend to finalize plans in the coming months."
If they maintain it the way they do most everything else...should look sweet in about two years or so.
"I didn't belong to any of the groups or cliques that are so prevalent in Glen Ellyn. I couldn't believe that people voted for me."
The fountain can be filled with Holy water and one must dip their fingers in the pooling water and cross themselves before entering the holy Village Hall....Heck, add a labyrinth which will allow everyone to meditate first too. It would make a nice representation of the approachability of some aspects of our village government.
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This is an excellent example of a"boondoggle". I love fountains, but there is no way you can get something that qualifies as a beautification project for $1000. Then there is the cleaning and maintenance of the fountain to consider.
How about they save that $1000 for a few more months and use it for a decent Village Christmas Tree?
I'll bet that sneaky Vicky Hase will figure out a way to attach a Verizon cell phone antenna to it.
All in all, another waste of money. Some may say that $1K can't buy you a decent dinner for four at Charlie Trotter's (and they'd be correct), but this is absolutely unnecessary. That building is lovely enough as it is without putting a Palos Heights lawn ornament in front of it. For a town that's constantly crying poor (hey...I know my street didn't get redone this year despite being on the schedule...because "the village doesn't have the money" to do it...which is odd given that we passed a several zillion dollar referendum 100 years ago to redo all of the streets in this town), even the smallest expenditure should be thought out. Perhaps this one of the reasons why we still have the 1950's Jackson Park garbage cans dotting the central business district.
"I didn't belong to any of the groups or cliques that are so prevalent in Glen Ellyn. I couldn't believe that people voted for me."
Originally posted by Clamato: I'll bet that sneaky Vicky Hase will figure out a way to attach a Verizon cell phone antenna to it.
All in all, another waste of money. Some may say that $1K can't buy you a decent dinner for four at Charlie Trotter's (and they'd be correct), but this is absolutely unnecessary. That building is lovely enough as it is without putting a Palos Heights lawn ornament in front of it. For a town that's constantly crying poor (hey...I know my street didn't get redone this year despite being on the schedule...because "the village doesn't have the money" to do it...which is odd given that we passed a several zillion dollar referendum 100 years ago to redo all of the streets in this town), even the smallest expenditure should be thought out. Perhaps this one of the reasons why we still have the 1950's Jackson Park garbage cans dotting the central business district.
Hey smart guy, complaining is limited to the NW Suburban board!
There is no way in hell they are going to put a fully functional fountain in front of that building for only $1000 without cooking the books. Unless of course they go over to Home depot, buy about 10 bricks and prop up a hose in the middle of it. They would then have to run that hose to the alley by figo and tap into Figo's water supply, or the closed chiropractic building across the street (there is a spigot there) to avoid the $500 a month water bill they would have to run it.
Just think, we can change colors on the water display like Buckingham fountain. Who needs to go downtown when you can see the Duane Street display. We could even set up music and water jets and....and....
I'll bet there might be a little left in the budget for a couple rolls of landscape plastic and two dozen bags of these...you know...to go along with the fountain....
Can't have one without the other.
"I didn't belong to any of the groups or cliques that are so prevalent in Glen Ellyn. I couldn't believe that people voted for me."
Don't be so hasty with your fountain criticism. It could be used to cool the hot, tired feet of all the out-of-town shoppers flooding the central biz dist.
