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(21,646 posts)Crestwood has been cited as a success story by proponents of low taxes and minimal government,[2] but In April 2009, the Chicago Tribune revealed that Crestwood's low taxes were due to illegally saving money on its water bills by secretly supplementing its drinking water from a well that was contaminated with toxic chemicals. "Officials in the south suburb had pumped tainted water to residents for more than two decades to avoid the cost of fixing leaky water mains."
"Poison in the Well" reported that the water from a well used to supply residents with drinking water had been contaminated with chemicals (including two linked to the known carcinogen perchloroethylene) from dry cleaning solvents. Village of Crestwood officials,i ncluding the mayor, and the former mayor Chester Stranczek were accused of secretly and illegally using the well and lying to regulatory authorities in order to cover that up. The ensuing investigation has generated three class-action lawsuits, two wrongful death lawsuits, and several federal raids.[11] Tricia Krause, a mother of a son who had leukemia for six years and a daughter who had a brain tumor alerted the USEPA of the wrongdoings of the Village of Crestwood officials.[citation needed] .
In April 2013, certified water operator Frank Scaccia pled guilty to one count of making a false statement. Crestwood's police chief and former water supervisor, Theresa Neubauer, was also found guilty of making false statements to regulators.[12] Former Mayor Chester Stranczek was declared not fit to stand trial due to dementia.[11]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crestwood,_Illinois
'Murkins could have said the same thing about his grandmother in the 1940 -50's when schools had to teach in Polish 1/.2 of the day in some areas of Cook becuz of big Polish immigrant influx around and after war ll ........
of course they were white....... so not so much hate like now ...