When asked which American icon is celebrating its 100th anniversary, the members responded with a uniform “Chevrolet!” When asked which car was the top seller in 1957, they gave the same response. Wrong, said the moderator; it was Ford. Regardless, it was mentioned that there are no songs about the ’57 Ford. Over half the members admitted to once having owned a Chevrolet, and a surprisingly many had owned a ’57 Chevy.
The Village of Huntley is planning an aggregation program for electricity, which will save an estimated 25% of the kilowatt charges on residents’ bills. There will be an opt-out provision for those who do not wish to participate. Trustee Harry Leopold proposed putting 10% of the savings aside for Village Use. Both proposals will be presented as referendum questions in March.
Attorney General Eric Holder’s problem with the Fast and Furious program to track the movement of weapons from America to Mexican drug cartels was discussed. Many felt the program was of dubious merit and was poorly conceived and executed. The discussion then devolved into the merits of legalizing drugs, as this would make the smuggling and its associated violence, not to mention the costly War On Drugs, unnecessary.
Also discussed were: the fallout of the sex abuse accusations at Penn State, Veterans’ Day, the growing wealth gap between the young and the old, wine and breast cancer, people’s attitudes that their local schools are great vs. the poor quality of American education in general (n.b., this parallels the “my Congressman is great” vs. the national sentiment “Congress is useless.”), using a different measure of CPI so that government benefit payments will grow more slowly and tax brackets will increase more slowly (meaning more taxes), the outcome of the Village Trustees vote on replacing Paul Mercer with Jay Kadakia, and whether it has been proven that vitamin D supplements are useful (it has not, and a 20,000 subject, five-year study is being started to answer the question).
