In the middle of an article [New RF parking ticket judge resigns, News, Oct. 17] in which Trustee Steven Hoke complains about an extra-legal practice that has decreased the village’s revenue from parking violations, Frank Paris offers the following seeming non-sequitur: “Hoke’s action since taking office will result in an unnecessary increase in property taxes.”
Now I will readily admit that Paris is much more familiar with Hoke’s actions since taking office than me, but I have been an avid reader of the local papers’ cataloguing of their struggles. It seems to me, a relatively objective observer of their battles, that Hoke’s “action” has been largely focused on ensuring that the village conducts its business in an open and transparent fashion and reminding the members of the village board that they should adhere to the rule of law instead of the rule of man. In short, I fail to see the connection between Hoke’s actions and the necessity of raising taxes.
So forgive my apparent obtuseness, President Paris, but I must ask you to provide us taxpayers with the implicit major premise of your enthymeme. It must be a doozy.
Tom Cargie
River Forest