Counties’ Cutbacks Costs more than Money


If you are like me, you probably haven’t though much about the current rage of budget cuts.  You typically may not even care or be aware unless you fall into the category of being effected by them.  For many of us, we are so far “behind the eight ball” that anything else bad that happens in our lives is just chalked up to the old adage “oh well”.  Not this time.

James Fuller, a reporter for the Daily Herald in Kane County, wrote an article titled “More than 1,000 Kane County DUIs not reported to state” and Brenda Schory, a reporter for the Kane County Chronicle wrote one titled “Thousands of DUI records from Kane County under review”.  Both these article covered how the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office failed to perform its job by transmitting these records to the State so that its records would reflect if requirements to maintain or lose your license had been met.  Needless to mention that hundreds of those who completed every action required to keep their license is now being informed by the Secretary of State that their license is being revoked.

Each article tells about how an investigation has been requested and should be under way.  It mentioned that this began to happen in Kane County as far back as 2002.  The articles make clear that the problem had been blamed on the lack of staff but the real culprit seems to be the lack of Kane County paying for the upgrade of their computer systems.  Image a decision made by a board of people who considers little when they make decisions that affect hundreds of lives, now being used to cripple hundreds more.

These cutbacks and budget battles are not just limited to Kane County.  It is something that is happening all over but we only know about Kane County because someone was brave enough to expose the truth.  One now has to wonder if this same miscarriage of justice is not happening all over the State of Illinois, in every county and the entire United States.  How many people, who have been trampled on enough, are now being stampeded over again?   When are we going to get tired of this and scream out enough is enough?  Just how much is your sanity, peace of mind and goodwill worth?

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