I received my quarterly village newsletter the other day and was anxious to read the article on the 2009/2010 Village Budget.
I was extremely disappointed by comments that were made in this article "Additional revenues projected last fiscal year would have included new sales tax in excess of one millions [and that is their own grammatical error] dollars that would flow to the community from the proposed new Wal Mart facility. These funds would have assisted in paying for the increased cost of municipal service levels of this community and eliminated last years' deficit. The construction and predicted opening has been delayed by the litigation initiated by the seven adjacent homeowners. The building plans have been approved and engineering and design is nearly complete for the project."
Wow, I'm impressed that the village was expecting to get the store built and generate new sales tax revenues in excess of one millon dollars in 6 months time because the plans were only just approved in June, 2008. Expected construction time is 18 months. Even with pushing to get the construction finished ahead of that time frame (and when has that ever happened), the village shouldn't expect to start receiving sales tax revenues until December, 2009, but clearly they are counting their chickens before they hatch.
As a member of Dundee Neighbors I would be more than willing to add my name to the lawsuit, unfortunately the law only allows "adjacent" homeowners to litigate.
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