Since our troubles began in 2002, we have tried and failed on numerous occasions to have the city provide us with protection, help and advice. We received in return, very little. Our mistake was thinking that the City Government was for a clean environment apart from our neighbors and ourselves calling city departments about acrid smells of diesel oil as well as other incidents. We have had emergency hazmat units come to our houses time and again. Fire department, City environment inspectors ,our local firehouse has said" They can smell the fumes and realize that there are also test wells or "drains" on the city property. We have phoned the many emergency responders from the city of Chicago and were not only told that they couldn't help us, that it is in the hands of the state ,the buck keeps passing back to the state, No help or support. We never have received any correspondence, when we ask we are bounced around for hours at a time from person to person, from different title to different title from city, to the suburbs . We all want to know why? Whom is protecting whom.? We elect our officials in our government to serve its citizens and to protect them, especially the elderly and the children.
When we first became aware of our situation, We decided to get help and advice from Our alderwoman. We met with her at our Sauganash community public meeting. The only thing she had to offer was. "Get yourself a good attorney".
