[BCNnet] Cook County land maangement issues-- call your county commissioner.
Sheryl DeVore
sdevore@voyager.net
Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:24:55 -0700
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Dear friends,
I am forwarding this from Gail and Emil Biedron. I'm just the messenger,
not the lette writer -- so read as you see fit.
Best wishes,
Sheryl De Vore
Here is the Biedron's Email:
Phone Tree - HELP ! URGENT !
TIME IS CRITICAL-- On Wed. April 16, the Cook County Commissioner might
vote on the issue descibed below, so call them before that date.
Please ask five or more of your environmentally minded friends,
relatives, and co-workers that live in Cook County to call their Cook
County Commissioner. The County Board (Cty.Bd.) district # is listed on
their voter identification card. The commissioner's names, districts,
and phone numbers are listed below.
When calling, tell the commissioner's staff member, that you are a
registered voter in that district and give your name, address, and phone
number. Please do not mention that you were asked to make this call.
State that you want the Cook County Forest Preserve District to purchase
the 54 acre St. Coletta's/ Kennedy School property in Palos Park as an
addition to their forest preserve holdings. Tell them some reasons why
acquisition of this property is important. Some suggestions are listed
below:
1) To protect and preserve this strategically located property, which
is surrounded on three sides by forest preserve land.
2) To protect the delicate ecology of the surrounding area from
pollution and poisoning caused by pesticides,
herbicides, and pool chemicals draining from the proposed
subdivision.
3) To protect the large prairie and wetland restoration being done
adjacent to the property by the U.S. Corp of Engineers.
4) To protect the large and varied plant and animal life of the area.
5) To protect the endangered bird species, which nests near the border
of the St. Coletta's property.
6) To protect the Bergman Slough, one of the few remaining high quality
prairie sloughs in Illinois.
To further help the cause, please ask your friends if they could also
call several of their friends ( and so on ) with the same request, thus
continuing the phone tree.
Even if you live outside Cook County, calls can be made to the Cook
County Commissioners. Those from districts 4, 8, 9, and 17 would be
good choices, because of their assignments.
Calls can also be made to United States Congresswoman Judy Biggert (13th
district) at her Clarendon Hills office, 630-655-2052. The 54 acre St.
Coletta's/ Kennedy School property in Palos Park and surrounding
preserves are in her district. She has been informed of this project.
Citizen input and concern might help in obtaining funding.
To Contact the Cook County Board Commissioners
General Mailing
Commissioner <name of commissioner> General Info #: 312-603-6398
Cook County Board of Commissioners General Fax #: 312-603-4678
County Building
118 N. Clark St., 5th Floor Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602-1304
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Commissioner's Name District County Bldg./ District Off Phone No./ Fax
Earlean Collins 1 312-603-4566 / 773-626-2184 / 312-603-3696
Bobbie L. Steele 2 312-603-3019 / 773-722-0140 /
312-603-4055
Jerry Butler 3 312-603-6391 / No District Off / 312-603-5671
President, Cook County Board
John H. Stroger, Jr. 4 312-603-6400 / 773-224-1705 / 312-443-4397
Deborah Sims 5 312-603-6381 / 708-371-4251 / 312-603-2583
Joan P. Murphy 6 312-603-4216 / No District Off / 312-603-4678
Joseph Mario Moreno 7 312-603-5443 / 773-927-7154 /
312-603-3759
Chairman of the Real Estate Committee
Roberto Maldonado 8 312-603-6386 / 773-395-0143 / 312-443-9531
Vice-Chairman of the Real Estate Committee
Peter N. Silvestri 9 312-603-4393 / 773-774-8554 / 312-603-1154
Mike Quigley 10 312-603-4209 / 773-935-1010 / 312-603-3695
John P. Daley 11 312-603-4400 / No District Off / 312-603-6688
Forrest Claypool 12 312-603-6380 / 773-348-8400 / 312-603-4678
Larry Suffredin 13 312-603-6383 / 847-864-1209 / 312-603-4678
Gregg Goslin 14 312-603-4932 / 847-729-9300 / 312-603-3686
Carl R. Hansen 15 312-603-6388 / 847-818-1515 / 312-603-4678
Anthony J. Peraica 16 312-603-6384 / 708-345-5808 / 312-603-4678
Elizabeth Doody Gorman 17 312-603-4215 / 708-349-1337 / 312-603-2014
(Bergman Slough is located in this district)
--
Gail & Emil Biedron
(708) 448-3607
ebiedron@mindspring.com
Sheryl De Vore
Dimensions Department Editor, Birding
Chief Editor, Meadowlark, A Journal of Illinois Birds
Assistant Editor, Chicago Wilderness Magazine
sdevore@voyager.net
Mundelein, Illinois
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<P><SPAN class=3D550012300-12042003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear=20
friends,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3D550012300-12042003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am =
forwarding this=20
from Gail and Emil Biedron. I'm just the messenger, not the lette =
writer=20
-- so read as you see fit.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3D550012300-12042003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best=20
wishes,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3D550012300-12042003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sheryl =
De=20
Vore</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=3D550012300-12042003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here is =
the Biedron's=20
Email:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phone Tree - HELP ! URGENT !</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>TIME IS CRITICAL-- On Wed. April 16, the =
Cook County=20
Commissioner might</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>vote on the issue descibed below, so call =
them before=20
that date.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please ask five or more of your =
environmentally=20
minded friends,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>relatives, and co-workers that live in =
Cook County to=20
call their Cook</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>County Commissioner. The County Board =
(Cty.Bd.)=20
district # is listed on</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>their voter identification card. The =
commissioner's=20
names, districts,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and phone numbers are listed below. =
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When calling, tell the commissioner's =
staff member,=20
that you are a</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>registered voter in that district and =
give your name,=20
address, and phone</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>number. Please do not mention that you =
were asked to=20
make this call.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>State that you want the Cook County =
Forest Preserve=20
District to purchase</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the 54 acre St. Coletta's/ Kennedy School =
property in=20
Palos Park as an</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>addition to their forest preserve =
holdings. Tell them=20
some reasons why</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>acquisition of this property is =
important. Some=20
suggestions are listed</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>below:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) To protect and preserve this =
strategically located=20
property, which</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>is surrounded on three sides by forest =
preserve=20
land.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) To protect the delicate ecology of the =
surrounding=20
area from</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>pollution and poisoning caused by =
pesticides,=20
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>herbicides, and pool chemicals draining =
from the=20
proposed</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>subdivision.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3) To protect the large prairie and =
wetland=20
restoration being done</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>adjacent to the property by the U.S. Corp =
of=20
Engineers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4) To protect the large and varied plant =
and animal=20
life of the area.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5) To protect the endangered bird =
species, which=20
nests near the border</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of the St. Coletta's property.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>6) To protect the Bergman Slough, one of =
the few=20
remaining high quality</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>prairie sloughs in Illinois.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To further help the cause, please ask =
your friends if=20
they could also</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>call several of their friends ( and so on =
) with the=20
same request, thus</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>continuing the phone tree.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Even if you live outside Cook County, =
calls can be=20
made to the Cook</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>County Commissioners. Those from =
districts 4, 8, 9,=20
and 17 would be</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>good choices, because of their=20
assignments.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Calls can also be made to United States =
Congresswoman=20
Judy Biggert (13th</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>district) at her Clarendon Hills office,=20
630-655-2052. The 54 acre St.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Coletta's/ Kennedy School property in =
Palos Park and=20
surrounding</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>preserves are in her district. She has =
been informed=20
of this project. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Citizen input and concern m<SPAN=20
class=3D550012300-12042003>i</SPAN>ght help in obtaining funding. =
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To Contact the Cook County Board=20
Commissioners</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>General Mailing</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Commissioner <name of commissioner> =
General=20
Info #: 312-603-6398</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cook County Board of Commissioners =
General Fax #:=20
312-603-4678</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>County Building </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>118 N. Clark St., 5th Floor Room =
567</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chicago, IL 60602-1304</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Commissioner's Name District County =
Bldg./ District=20
Off Phone No./ Fax </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Earlean Collins 1 312-603-4566 / =
773-626-2184 /=20
312-603-3696</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bobbie L. Steele 2 312-603-3019 / =
773-722-0140 /=20
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>312-603-4055 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jerry Butler 3 312-603-6391 / No District =
Off /=20
312-603-5671 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>President, Cook County Board </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John H. Stroger, Jr. 4 312-603-6400 / =
773-224-1705 /=20
312-443-4397 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Deborah Sims 5 312-603-6381 / =
708-371-4251 /=20
312-603-2583 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Joan P. Murphy 6 312-603-4216 / No =
District Off /=20
312-603-4678</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Joseph Mario Moreno 7 312-603-5443 / =
773-927-7154 /=20
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>312-603-3759</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chairman of the Real Estate Committee =
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roberto Maldonado 8 312-603-6386 / =
773-395-0143 /=20
312-443-9531</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Vice-Chairman of the Real Estate =
Committee</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Peter N. Silvestri 9 312-603-4393 / =
773-774-8554 /=20
312-603-1154</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Quigley 10 312-603-4209 / =
773-935-1010 /=20
312-603-3695</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John P. Daley 11 312-603-4400 / No =
District Off /=20
312-603-6688</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Forrest Claypool 12 312-603-6380 / =
773-348-8400 /=20
312-603-4678</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Larry Suffredin 13 312-603-6383 / =
847-864-1209 /=20
312-603-4678</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gregg Goslin 14 312-603-4932 / =
847-729-9300 /=20
312-603-3686</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Carl R. Hansen 15 312-603-6388 / =
847-818-1515 /=20
312-603-4678</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anthony J. Peraica 16 312-603-6384 / =
708-345-5808 /=20
312-603-4678</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Elizabeth Doody Gorman 17 312-603-4215 / =
708-349-1337=20
/ 312-603-2014</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(Bergman Slough is located in this =
district)=20
</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gail & Emil Biedron</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(708) 448-3607</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ebiedron@mindspring.com</FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Baskerville Old Face" size=3D2>Sheryl De =
Vore</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Baskerville Old Face" size=3D2>Dimensions Department =
Editor,=20
<EM>Birding </EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Baskerville Old Face" size=3D2>Chief Editor, =
<EM>Meadowlark, A=20
Journal of Illinois Birds</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Baskerville Old Face" size=3D2>Assistant Editor, =
<EM>Chicago=20
Wilderness Magazine</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Baskerville Old Face" size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:sdevore@voyager.net">sdevore@voyager.net</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Baskerville Old Face" size=3D2>Mundelein, =
Illinois</FONT></DIV>
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