I am appalled by the Oak Park Village Board’s April 30 decision to require fall leaf bagging, starting in November. This hasty decision disregards citizens’ inquiries and concerns about necessity, feasibility and cost. The village says it will save thousands by having residents bag fall leaves, and I find it hard to balance that amount with the inconvenience and hardship/cost to our citizens.
The most distressing factor in this whole matter is that for all who wrote letters to Wednesday Journal and spoke up at the board meeting on April 30, the matter was a fait accompli. All our input and questions were for naught. If our village board wants citizen buy-in on their projects, they need to convince us of the need, not demand acquiescence after the fact.
Shelly Uslenghi
Oak Park