John Blum Minimizes the Big Blumdoggle

In this morning's hard copy of the Journal-Standard there is a "first in print" story regarding the primary election in Stephenson County District F, because of redistricting there are now four Republican incumbents in District F.  They are John Blum, Chris Clukey, Don Parker and Robert Smith.  Among these four, two will be elected for placement on the general election ballot this November.

Of course John Blum, the current Stephenson County Board Chairman was busy defending his baby, the Mill Race Industrial Park and the corresponding multi-million dollar debt Stephenson County residents and businesses bear as a result.

Here is picture of the pertinent part of the Journal-Standard article and is used here under copyright law for educational and historical purposes.

John Blum, in an obvious fit of psychosis, compared the Mill Race Crossing initiative with such "essentials" as a jail, highway building and squad cars.  John Blum appears to becoming more and more delusional every day.  How can you compare the Big Blumdoggle to such needed services as a jail and squad cars?  At least in the case of a jail, a highway building and squad cars there is something to show the public for their tax dollars.

What's more, if John Blum hadn't led Stephenson County into such bad financial shape, the jail would have been paid off next year.  Instead, it was also refinanced for another 20 years in 2007.  Costing Stephenson County taxpayers twice as much in interest.

Blum also talked about "the attributes of a successful industrial park" apparently, to John Blum, those attributes do not include water and sewer service.  There is no feasible plan for water and sewer service to Mill Race Crossing and without water and sewer there can be no real industrial park.

The facts are folks, thanks to John Blum's cloudy foresight, Stephenson County residents and businesses are holding a $10 million-plus bag with no possibility of any return.  John Blum and company are essentially taking more than $10 million from Stephenson County businesses and residents and throwing it out the window.  Without a feasible plan to bring water and sewer to the Big Blumdoggle, it has no future.

So, whenever you hear John Blum or one of his legally blind followers touting the "potential" of the Mill Race Industrial know that they are fully in the throes of some type of John Blum induced psychosis.

Without a feasible and known plan for water and sewer service there is no other way to explain these delusions of public officials.

As always, yours in honesty, Tutty Baker tutty.baker@gmail.com