Boyle & Young: Two Peas In A Pod

Readers have pointed out that Ed Young is not the only Lisle trustee who engages in "disingenuous misstatements" ... point well taken.  Consider, for example, Young's colleague Mark Boyle.

Boyle has been a trustee since 2007, and he has acted in lock step with Young for 4 years.
Boyle and Young both claimed that fiscal responsibility is "key issue #1" in their campaigns, and Boyle was right there with Young during the last 4 years of reckless deficit spending.

Boyle and Young both claimed to be interested in open and transparent government (Boyle used that exact phrase in his interview with the Daily Herald).  While Boyle and Young paid lip service to the idea of open and transparent government, these have been their actions:

1. On June 3, 2009 they participated in a secret meeting in violation of the Open Meetings Act
2. Through the remainder of 2009, they engaged in an elaborate scheme to deliberately circumvent legally mandated oversight and approval processes, keeping Lisle citizens in the dark
3. On Dec 20, 2010 they passed a resolution (without discussion) to keep all closed session meeting minutes and the audio recordings of those meetings closed - and not just the recent closed session meetings - but ALL closed session meetings back to 1983.  yes that's 1983 --  27 yrs. of secrets that must remain secret.

Do the actions of Mark Boyle and Ed Young match their words about open and transparent government?  Now that you know the facts, decide for yourself -- then vote accordingly in April.