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The City of C rest H ill1610 P lain fi eld RoadCrest H in ~ IL 6 04 03

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G io van A ., C uUotta Sr.20426 Balsmn LaneC rest H iH~ IL 60403( 63{} ) 301 ~8496

Enclosed is a letterthat I have w ritte n to B r en da L elis r eg ard in g h er re sig na tio n as Wa rdII A lderwomen, I fee .l sh e hasshown that she lsa nri -buslness, not active in t.he Counc i l, anddoes no t " rallt to b e anA lderwomen an~ ' lo nger. I wante d to be.open and n O ) l e 's t with. t b . e CityCounc il and the m ed ia on why 1 feel. she shou ld resign. A s a membe r of th e Chamber o fC om merc e. I wou ld no t fee l c om fortab le a llo \.v ingher to m ake slanderou s a ttac ks on lo c a lb us in es s w ith ou t.defeuding those businesses. T han k y ou for ypllr tim e in .reviewing this letter.1 am c onfiden t that in moving fo rward with her re signation,. we wil l d ( ) what is in the best il1tere:stof the City and local businesses.

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'G iovau , A . CuUotta .S r ..20426 BaJ sll111 LaneCtes t Hm~IL 60403(630) 301..8496

M ay 11,'2010

The City of C rest H illAttn: Alderwoman Brenda Lens16 t 0 Pla in fi eM RoadC rest H iJ 1r IL 6 04 03

D ear M s. Lelis,A s you ar e aware .onMluday:.M ay 1O~.:2010 lapp .eared b efore th e Crest Hill C ityCouncil du ring a work s es sio n. r went be fo l'e tilc board illp u rs uit o f'a C lass '~J~~Liquor license.which wou ld allow me to hav e an .ou ts id e s e at ing. area fo r 1 1 1 Y customera In readlng theordinan c e it was brought to my attention that tile M ay or, as t iquor Cemmissienenbas so le

discretion regarding th e iss ua nc e o f s uc h a lic ense. I thought it \1\"aS incred ib ly professional thathe tookthe time to getopiniolls from th e 'entire c ity c ounc il wllc 'ther issu in g th e 'license was inthe best interest ofthe city.

The eveningwas a both njoyous time, since my request wasgranted, and a time of great.. .di sappoi ntmen t and en .!ightennlent I was enc ou ra ged to hear tha t th e Depu ty Liq uorCommissioners, t he Bu l ld ing lnspe c tQr ,thePo iic eCb ie f, the Cl'ty Adminis t rator and sll b ut oneA ldermen had a.cen unent or COl )Cerlll :egardh)g my request. I took agreatd.al pftimepteparingtor the meeting, a nd lo oke d forward to hearing th e o p in ia ns of those eleeredand appointedo ff ic ia ls whet he r th ey felt it was a good dec ision . fo r the City of C rest H ill. H owev er. as 1 s aid,the re was one person who! when asked, said "110 comment", and tha t p erson was you . A s there p resentativ e of Ward II~where G iov an's is located, youshould hav e had a comment, Ei therin su pport o f, o r against the issu anc e. 'Y ou are my represe nta tiv e and yon are supposed to beac tiv e in th e city council ' s decisions.; especially when they~ffecty()ur ward , 1 know th ere areo th er t imes whenimportant decisions come up fo r review that you have"nocomnilf~nt';or " it'snot' your problem" . of wbich yol.lW ere ref~rrillg to the shortage of money for the refusecoll ec tio n,

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B renda LelisM al" n. 2010Page 21 was fu rther en li gh tened by you r cornmest th a t we have " seedy " businesses in th e Cityo f C rest B in . J have copied th e definition eftb e wo.rd~ "geedy~ " fb r you below, in c ase we haveanyconfusion or you fe e l.Lem misinterp re ting what you $ ;aid .

Seedy -adjectiveL abounding in seed.2. conta in ingll1 any seed s.u s a p iec e offrult.3 . gone to seed ; beating seeds.4 .. poor.ly kept;. ru rh io\vn; shabby .5. sb abb ily dressed; unkemp t: a seedy .o ld tramp.6. physically run-dowa; undertheweather; H e fe lt a bitse ed y after his operat ion.7. $om.ew l'la t d isrepu tab le~degraded: 'l seedy hqtet

(as foundonwwvv .d ict ionao;.cQm)In rev iew of tha t defin it io n , 1 hav e. on ly one business in whic h I would . re fer to as a" seedy" p la c e . Cot tonwood Parras is defm iteL y" :abounding in see d" ; whic h . thankfu li y b rings

a tr em endc ns amoun r of business to this C ity of C rest H lll . I w ill n ot in su lt you r In telligenc e,as Inow you were notrefen-ing to that busin ess, It was clear that you were,referring to A s . e e d y "as "phys ic aU y run-down or som ewhat d:is repu tab le" . 1 aga iUflsk YOU"a$ Ldld tbatev enlng, fo ryou to name the other bu sinesses that you refe r toas "seedy", lta'thertnananswering me thatev ening, you anacked me for asking you to c lari fy your ou tb urs t. T hen you fu rther went 011 toname one spec ific business-as "seedy", HookaT im eC a.te , As,Isa idth ate v en;mg, "A s a businessowner and a found in g m ember and bo~m emberofth e Crest H ill A rea Chamber o fCommerce, I take offense tcyeu.calling that business 'seedy'",

1 w ill n ot st and befo re th e -coun c il an d allow y(m to att ac k other busin ess owners inou rC ll ) ! . A san elec ted off ic ia l yot.la re accqtmtablefortllecornments you make. D uring these roughec onom ic times lt ls d i sh earten.il lg that YQU,W OWdPl,lIown business in th e C ity of C rest HUtW e need to en courage OUl' c ommunity t o exp lQ :rean~shop at 'O u r loea l busi ness, 110t pu t themdown, I encou ra ge you to b ec ome ac tiv e in the CrestHill Area Chamber of'Commercesoyouc an m eet the p eop le andfam ilies b ehind those businesses, These-are peop le who pOll!: the irhearts and so u ls in to thei r business only to hav e you disgrace them with you r words.

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B re nd a L elisMay 11,2010}'age3

Overall, I don't tb inkyc u want tobe a n A l de rw cman in th e City of'CrestHill any longer.You c on tin ua lly re cu se yourself'from important d ec is io ns c on cerning th e well being of theCity~you are netactive on aJIY commit tee, yo u m ake d is pa ragin g remarks- about legal and g Q o dstanding b u sin esse s in our community , an d yo'Uare constantly on your cell phone duringmeetings . ( 1 f el t it was d is re spe ct fu l a nd unpr of es sI on al tilat 6 minutes in to the work session.-d u rin g my p re se nta ti on ; youwere on you r pbolle texting) I do not t ee lyou are c ommitted to you rp ositio n in th e'Chy . and [ do not f ee l I am being re pre se nte d a nd hereby re qu est th at yo u re -signfrom th e p os itio n o f A lde rwomen of W a rd . U.

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