Please review and consider signing our petition

Dear Friend,

As either a resident of the Village of Libertyville, or a stakeholder in what happens in our village, I would like to invite you please take a moment to review and consider signing the following petition. If you agree with our mission to make the Libertyville village government more transparent to the residents and stakeholders by broadcasting the audio and/or video of the board meetings online and/or on television, please follow the link to www.libertyville.tv to sign our petition.

Our Petition Statement:

We the undersigned wish to express our desire to see the Village of Libertyville Board meetings made available to the public on the Web and/or TV.

We ask the Libertyville Village Board to make every effort to investigate realistic options for the broadcast and distribution of video and/or audio of the meetings. New technology options allow this to be accomplished at little to no expense to the Village.

In short, we want more transparency from our local government. Please make our Village Board meetings more accessible.

Recent coverage in TribLocal: http://triblocal.com/Libertyville/detail/195286.html

To sign the petition, visit: http://www.libertyville.tv

Please note - during these tough economic times, the Village of Libertyville has had to make very difficult decisions concerning tax increases along with the termination of several hard working village employees. We understand that the village simply does not have a lot of money to spend on any new initiatives; however there are several very lost cost alternatives that have not been explored. Right now, we would like to show the village board that there is indeed an interest in accessing board meetings via the Internet and/or cable television.

Thank you for your time! Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback,

Jim Moran
Jimmoran77@gmail.com

Genevieve Gratz 1911-2010

Longtime Libertyville resident Genevieve Gratz has passed away at the age of 98. Here is a link to her obituary - http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=genevieve-huebsch-gratz&pid=143936229

One item of note - besides the Gratz family being a prominent fixture in Libertyville for over the past century, Mrs. Gratz's grandson Ken Griffin is #97 of the Forbes List of Richest Americans.

Visitation will be from 5-8pm tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Burnett-Dane Funeral Home. Services will be held 11 am Thursday at the United Methodist Church. Memorial gifts to the Paramedic Units of the Mundelein and Libertyville Fire Departments were her wishes. For information, 847-362-3009.

Where Have I Been?!?!!?!

Sorry

For those of you who have been checking the site for updated Libertyville news - I'm sorry there hasn't been any updates in a while... life has kinda got the best of my time lately. As always, if there is something you'd like to see on the blog, of if you have any feedback - feel free to e-mail me @ jimmoran77@gmail.com


Ike Reilly Video @ Libertyville's Brainerd Building!

Libertyville's resident rock star (who will be performing Sunday afternoon, August 8th at this year's Lollapalooza) has come out with a new video - If you are a LHS grad, check out the backdrop to most of the video - it's the Brainerd Building!


Dog Days of Summer - 2010!



From the a Dog Days press release:

Take a leisurely stroll with your dog into the quant shops of Downtown Libertyville, or see and feel the exhilaration of the nationally recognized sport of “DockDogs-Big Air Dog Jumping”. During Libertyville’s Dog Days of Summer held Fri-Sun, July 9-11th you will have a chance to experience both.

Libertyville is proud to be Host City for the exciting three day highlight event featuring “DockDogs-Big Air Dog Jumping” Road to the National Championship. You will see Speed, Explosion , Big Air and SPLASH as dogs run down a 40 ft. dock and jump into a 27,000-gallon 20x40 foot pool. The event will feature 150 nationally ranked top jumping dogs competing for prizes and rankings. The competition is simple and exciting, the dog with the longest leap wins! There is a Local Competition at 3:30pm on Saturday, July 10th. During this competition 10 local dogs will jump for prizes and the title of ‘Libertyville’s Big Air Dog’.

MainStreet Merchants are dog friendly all year, however this weekend they are especially dog friendly hosting doggie related events. Examples include: Beef flavored snow cones from Starbucks, Studio West’s PhoDogRuffy Contest, Touche’ Salon’s paw-nail painting and dog friendly dining in the park or on the outdoor patios of Egg Harbor Café, 545 North and Mickey Finn’s. Cook Park will feature the Lake County Sheriff’s drug sniffing K-9’s, Ask a Vet with Dr. Brown from Greentree Animal Hospital and Family/Dog Fun Hour. You can attend St. Lawrence Episcopal Church’s dog blessing ceremony or take a test drive with your pup at one of many Libertyville Auto Dealerships. A fun time for your Pup and the entire family!

You can find a complete schedule and times at www.pamperedpupz.com

Dog Days of Summer is produced by Pampered Pup’z and sponsored by MainStreet Libertyville, PNC Bank, Libertyville-Mile of Cars, Petranek’s Pharmacy and Austin’s Saloon & Eatery.