Thank you, sir! May I have another?

Readers of this blog are aware of Lisle's fiscal crisis and one potential solution.

Lisle is at an inflection point - the 2011/12 Lisle budget will determine whether runaway deficit spending will continue and whether Lisle residents will be burdened with the highest property taxes in DuPage County to support the deficit spending.  The Budget Hearing is scheduled for March 7 at 7 pm.  This will be, far and away, the most important meeting for Lisle residents in 2011.  In view of the impact of the 2011/12 budget on Lisle taxpayers, the room should be packed for this meeting, with people standing in the aisles.  Every person attending should stand up and demand that the Village Board give these crucial budget discussions the time and attention they deserve.  Budget discussions are far too important to relegate to a few evening meetings of the Village Board – serious, in depth reviews of assumptions, projections, and alternatives merit day-long meetings on Saturdays, with full participation by taxpayers. 

Those of us who joined college fraternities experienced hazing rituals, including the one where a pledge, after being thwacked with a paddle, is expected to say vigorously: "Thank you, sir! May I have another?".  The Lisle Village Board has engaged in reckless deficit spending for 8 consecutive years -- if you do not attend the March 7 budget hearing, you are sending a loud and clear message to the Village Board: "Thank you, sir! May I have another?"