* This is kinda strange…
Cook County Forest Preserve officials are set to negotiate a deal to buy Rolling Knolls Golf Course — which is owned by county Commissioner Timothy Schneider’s family.
The Forest Preserve Board on Thursday approved a proposal authorizing further talks with Schneider’s family about acquiring the 65-acre golf course near Elgin. The vote came about two weeks after the Elgin Planning Commission voted down the Schneider family’s plan to turn Rolling Knolls into a smaller nine-hole course and a subdivision.
Schneider recused himself from Thursday’s vote and said he had not been involved in discussions with the Forest Preserve District about the possible sale.
* But there’s more…
…a Cook County Forest Preserve representative contacted Schneider about buying the golf course, which is adjacent to the Poplar Creek Forest Preserve.
“I told him that I couldn’t have anything to do with negotiations with the county . . . and to contact my brother,” Schneider said. “It will be a decision I will be involved in as well as my four other brothers, sister and mother. . . . I have recused myself” from voting on the matter.
Telling the representative to contact his brother might be considered cooperating with the forest preserves efforts, or maybe I’m just nitpicking. Still, I find this odd.
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* Dr. Blagojevich, you’ve created a monster!