Today's post marks the end of our walk down memory lane. This five-part series was a chronology of the dirty deeds done by Larry Snow since he entered the D 158 scene in the spring of 2004.
Bongo hopes you have enjoyed the series and he would encourage you to send the link to this site to all of your voting friends in District 158. The series, backed up by newspaper clippings and approved meeting minutes, shows that a vote for Larry Snow is a vote for continued:
wasted tax dollars for political gain
advocacy for friends over what is best for students and taxpayers
reckless behavior
attempts to hide important information
exposure of District 158 to costly law suits
slander against colleagues and other elected community officials
And with that, here is the final lap of our walk, which represents Snow's activities during the last 2 1/2 months:
Part V
January, 2009
Snow Slams the Professional Integrity of New Head Finance Official Before His First Day of Work in D 158
Just as he did with Ms. Ferrier a year before, Larry Snow welcomed a new addition to the District 158 Fiscal Services Department in January of this year by attacking Mark Altmayer’s reputation at a public school board meeting. Snow voted against the hiring of Altmayer, and after voting “no,” Snow said, “The candidate’s responses in the two interviews reminded me too much of Paul Halverson.” Nice. Welcome aboard, Mr. Altmayer.
Daily Herald 1/9/09
NW Herald 1/9/09
January, 2009
Snow Ticketed for Driving an Uninsured Vehicle
Toward the end of January, Larry Snow was ticketed by Algonquin police for driving an uninsured vehicle. Snow was also ticketed for failure to yield in the 9:00 am incident. Driving without insurance is against the law. As today, Snow has still not produced proof of insurance for the date of the accident, even though he could have had someone take the proof to the courthouse in Woodstock at any time.
“Well maybe following the law isn’t important to you, but it sure is important to me!”
Famous last words spoken by Snow just a few weeks prior to Tony Q.
NW Herald 2/12/09
Daily Herald 2/10/09
February, 2009
District 158 Foundation Hosts Second Annual Community Showcase; Five Board Members Support or Contribute- Two Do Not
The District 158 Foundation’s Community Showcase is a treat every year. Community members from the ages of 5-85 take the stage at the Huntley High School Performing Arts Center and show their talents. The event is also a huge fundraiser. Money raised through the showcase is used for scholarships for HHS seniors and for grants for K-12 teachers.
Five of District 158’s school board members supported the show in some way. Two did not support the showcase in any way, shape or form.
President Green: Emcee and performer in the show
Vice President Quagliano: Attended the show in support of the community
Kim Skaja: Director and Organizer of the event
Kevin Gentry: Ticket taker at the door and attended the show in support of the community
Mike Skala: Major financial donor to the event
Aileen Seedorf (Chair of Community Relations for D 158): Nothing
Larry Snow: Nothing
February, 2009
Snow Asks for Preferential Treatment and Extra Money Spent on Del Webb Citizen Surveys
At no time over the last four years has Snow come to the realization that as a board member his job is to represent ALL of his constituents, not just some of them. In yet another blatant display of favoritism, during a February discussion of how the high school capacity survey would be distributed, Snow asked that the citizens of Sun City receive preferential treatment over parents and other community members. Snow thought it would be best if Sun City residents received their surveys via first class mail, while everyone else could receive theirs via bulk mail. His reasoning was that many Sun City residents spend their winters in warmer locations and bulk mail would not provide for the forwarding of the survey.
What about the club homes in Manchester Lakes? Those homes are owned primarily by senior citizens. What about the many, many seniors who live throughout district 158 in other neighborhoods?
Bongo guesses that in Snow’s mind, the opinions of people outside of Sun City aren’t as important.
February, 2009
Snow Lobbies for “None of the Above” Option for High School Capacity Survey
Larry Snow was part of the high school capacity survey issue from its inception several months ago. So Snow knows very well that the survey is structured in a way that clearly explains that it is an “IF we need additional classroom space for high school students” survey, and not a “we are determined to build more classrooms so which option would you prefer” survey.
But in February, Snow attempted to alter the survey to add a “none of the above” option to all questions. He did this knowing that the survey will also include some open ended questions where residents could express that exact point of view if desired.
Correct Bongo if he is wrong, but if the District is only going to build additional classrooms if/when the population of students moving through the district warrants it, the “I don’t care if you have to shoehorn them in there like sardines, I don’t want one new brick” option doesn’t seem like a feasible one. It sounds more like a manufactured campaign issue to me.
February, 2009
Snow Sends Attorney To Mandatory Court Hearing to Get a Continuance Until After the Election for Driving Without Insurance Case
Larry Snow, who preaches about the importance of transparency, did not send his attorney to court with all of the facts surrounding his ticket for driving an uninsured vehicle on February 24. While it would have been very easy for Snow to send his proof of insurance with his attorney to court, he instead directed his attorney to obtain a continuance of the hearing until after his election on April 7. Snow’s new court date is April 28, three weeks after the election.
How convenient, and how utterly non-transparent. But oh, how predictable!
March, 2009
Snow Engages in Negative Smear Campaign Against Skala and Anyone who Dares to Support Him
With election season in full force, Larry Snow has really started to show his true colors. He spends what appears to be hours each day blogging nasty comments about his opponent Mike Skala and about any individual who publishes a letter in favor of Skala or critical of Snow. Never mind that the people submitting the letters are Snow’s constituents and in many cases are the parents of the kids he claims to care so much about. On many occasions his comments have been pulled from the blogs because editorial staff members have found Snow’s comments to be a violation of the Federal Communications Decency Act.
March, 2009
Snow Exposes District 158 to Liability with Manufactured Campaign Issue
At the March Committee of the Whole meeting, Larry Snow made one thing very clear. He is absolutely willing to expose District 158 to a costly lawsuit for his own political purposes.
At the very beginning of the meeting, Snow tried to amend the agenda for the evening to add “Acknowledgment of Sexual Harassment Claim Settlement” to the agenda. His sidekick, the independent thinking (not) Aileen Seedorf quickly seconded it. The other five board members voted against adding the item and many explained their vote by saying that discussing that issue during the public meeting was inappropriate because it was a personnel issue. Board President Green, who usually does not explain his votes, felt the issue warranted an explanation. He said he was voting against adding the item because it would expose District 158 to huge liability. The vote was 5-2 not to add the item to the agenda.
Issue closed, right? Nope. Not with an election a month away.
After a few blog entries by Snow about the issue, Snow went to his favorite blog and made an outrageous accusation that Mike Skala was trying to sweep a sexual harassment issue regarding an employee under the rug and “hide” it from people.
The entire issue is absurd, yet very telling. Any human who had lingering doubts in the past about Snow’s real motives had those doubts put to rest. Clearly,
Larry Snow is willing to expose the District to a very costly lawsuit, all in the name of fabricating a campaign issue.
March, 2009
Mike Skala Travels to Springfield to Testify Before Senate Committee While Snow Stays Behind and Attacks him on Blogs All Day
On March 11, Mike Skala, Tony Quagliano and Dr. Burkey made the long drive to Springfield to testify on behalf of a bill that would increase D 158’s state aid by more than $2 million per year. It’s a four hour drive each way, but a small price to pay if the end result eases the tax burden on District residents.
Larry Snow, who chairs District 158’s legislative committee, didn’t go to Springfield. Instead, he spent the entire day on the blogs, attacking the reputation and character of Mike Skala.
State Senator Pamela Althoff credited Skala and Quagliano for the bill having received a favorable vote by the committee:
“I thought [the Illinois State Board of Education] made their case, but Tony and Mike were dead on target, and they swayed the committee,” said Althoff.
NW Herald 3/12/09
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