Kane County Board Meeting April 8, 2025
Brian Anderson – Sugar Grove, IL Public Comment at 1:11:13
Good morning. Brian Anderson, Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Before I get started on what I came here to talk about, I need to mention something that Mavis Bates brought up. I would encourage the board to review and re-evaluate the 2040 Agenda. It’s a fascinating document, but we’re supposed to be at around 382,000 residents by 2040. That’s not even close, we’d need to pick up 290,000 residents to get there, and that’s just not happening.
The state of Illinois is in decline. We have the highest taxes, economic concerns, and crime in urban areas. As of today, Illinois is experiencing the third-largest population exodus in the nation. So again, I urge you to revisit the 2040 plan. It’s 13 years old—implemented in 2012—and much of your policy is based on that plan. But Kane County isn’t growing; it’s shrinking.
So, why am I here today?
Just to give all board members an update. Each of you represents one of the 24 different districts in Kane County, and you have a massive responsibility: to be fiscally responsible.
On April 1, there was an election. As of April 4, including mail-in ballots, the most up-to-date numbers show that nearly 54,000 citizens in Kane County said absolutely no [to the referendum]. Only 17,991 voted yes. That’s a margin of almost 36,000 voters—a resounding “no” from the people.
What does that mean? It means it’s time to do what you were elected to do. Just like in the business world, if you’re on the senior team, your job is to assess: Where are we making strides? Where do we need to make cuts?
Something I found interesting—there are 292 precincts in Kane County. I did a quick review:
- Aurora 14 (Board Member Gums): 17 people voted yes, 83 said no
- Mavis Bates’ precinct: 94 yes, 223 no
- Vern Perugini’s precinct: 81 yes, 291 no
- Linda Robertson, a very close friend of Corrine Pierog and one of the co-leaders of WeCanChange.org, which helped organize the protest of 6,000 people this past weekend—even in her precinct, 82 said yes, 309 said no
What’s my point?
People don’t want it.
It’s time to get to work and make the cuts that are necessary.
Thank you.