Thank You Kankakee County Board

OUTRAGE has learned the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the The County's motion for a supervisory order. As a result, the Illinois Supreme Court, in the exercise of its supervisory authority, has directed the Third District Appellate Court to vacate their April 24 decision to reverse their 2006 denial of the second Barbara/Volini landfill application. The Appellate Court is directed to reconsider the case including all the other issues raised by the parties to the appeal which the Appellate Court failed to rule on. The parties to the appeal are the County of Kankakee and POWER through Mr. Byron Sandberg. Several issues have been argued including protection of the health and safety of the community.

OUTRAGE would like to publicly thank the 22 Kankakee County board members who voted yes to go forward with the legal battle against the proposed Fred Barbara and Tom Volini garbage dump near Minnie Creek which dumps directly into the river upstream from the Aqua Illinois water intake pipe. This proposal would literally dump garbage directly into the deep aquifer by blasting out several feet of bedrock to form the base of a 200 feet high mountain of garbage. The IEPA refused to stop this travesty after they were politically pressured by a Cook County lobbyists, Larry Suffredin hired by Barbara and Volini, all politically connected to Mayor Daley and Governor Blagojevich.

Go to POWER and click on experts report to read what three independent scientists have to say about the potential dangers to the community.

Action by the County Board was needed because the Appellate Court decided to reverse their 2006 decision against this proposal thereby allowing it to go forward. This was the case sponsored by POWER through Mr. Byron Sandberg with the help of local retired attorney Ed Vogt. The County also argued their own case at the Appellate Court at the same time which resulted in the County’s landfill attorney and Mr. Vogt supporting each other’s case against the proposed dump. At this point the Appellate Court has failed to rule on the issues the County’s attorney argued.

OUTRAGE would also like to thank States Attorney Jamie Boyd for his cooperation in this matter.

Sadly County Board members Kelly McLaren and Karen Campbell voted No and therefore support the dumping of garbage directly into the deep aquifer next to Minnie Creek. They have consistently supported this dump proposal. Karen Campbell is a City of Kankakee employee and should have abstained from voting on this issue because of her conflict of interest. Kelly McLaren is running for Recorder of Deeds this coming November and is seeking local Union Bosses support. Local Union Bosses have been huge supporters of the Fred Barbara/Tom Volini dump.

Watch the Attorneys and the Kankakee County Board discuss the County's legal battle to stop the Fred Barbara/Tom Volini proposed garbage dump which is backed by City of Kankakee Mayor Green and local Union bosses.