http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/05/guest-column-county-board-should-vote-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-on-special-use-permit-for-east-state-asphalt-plant/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/05/guest-column-county-board-should-vote-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-on-special-use-permit-for-east-state-asphalt-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 VeryModest Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:16:17 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=33392#comment-3609 They are going to get their special use permit. It's a done deal, especially now that Wm. Charles has just donated $200,000.00 of in-kind work to the Sinnissippi Lagoon restoration project. The folks with the money get to do as they please around here - all they have to do is throw a little loose change around and they're good. I know that for most of us, $200,000.00 seems like a whole lot of money but not for a company the size of Wm. Charles (given that it isn't real money but a donation of services - any bets that when they go to do the work on the Lagoon that for some strange reason there will be cost over-runs or something "unforeseen" will happen?) They are going to get their special use permit. It’s a done deal, especially now that Wm. Charles has just donated $200,000.00 of in-kind work to the Sinnissippi Lagoon restoration project. The folks with the money get to do as they please around here – all they have to do is throw a little loose change around and they’re good. I know that for most of us, $200,000.00 seems like a whole lot of money but not for a company the size of Wm. Charles (given that it isn’t real money but a donation of services – any bets that when they go to do the work on the Lagoon that for some strange reason there will be cost over-runs or something “unforeseen” will happen?)

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