Maybe Leroy can get their fair share of what is causing inflation: https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-sends-3b-to-states-for-lead-pipes/
It will be fun to see what cities want money while hiding the have lead pipes.
By: Diane Benjamin
Lead isn’t the only problem with Leroy water. For some residents the water has a disgusting color that stains everything. Other have a chlorine smell and others have high copper levels.
How would you feel if your BABY showed high lead levels? I have permission to use names since a lot of people in Leroy already know.
This baby was a little over 6 months old when he showed high levels of lead. His mom determined this is a result of her drinking City water during her pregnancy.
I have an email chain between Leroy’s Mayor, the City Manager, and the Water Superintendent discussing social media posts by Christine Grice (mom) exposing the above. None of them took this situation seriously. The mayor wrote this:
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I could post a lot of details but I’d rather simplify the situation. Leroy has a long history of IEPA violations, see them here: https://water.epa.state.il.us/dww/JSP/Violations.jsp?tinwsys_is_number=717243&tinwsys_st_code=IL
This notice was just issued in December:
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I you live in Leroy in any of these areas you might have a lead problem too because the pipes bringing you water are lead.
The Leroy water superintendent, Perry Mayer, tried to convince the Grice’s that lead was because of their pipes. Tests run on water collected immediately and allowing it to run for minutes proved the lead was not in their pipes. Perry Mayer finally agreed to dig a large hole to prove the city’s pipes are copper. To his amazement he dug up a lead pipe!
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Lessons:
- Public trust in Leroy is BROKEN
- Leroy does not have records saying where they have lead pipes. Do you think other cities actually know where they have lead pipes?
- Leroy government works for Leroy, not the people paying the bills. It is appalling the mayor would call a citizen a “drama queen” because he didn’t care enough to get facts.
- All lead pipes need replaced.
- I wrote this story last summer: https://blnnews.com/2023/08/02/water-problems-in-leroy/ If good people don’t run for office AND citizens don’t actually bother to vote in local elections, you deserve people who don’t care.
- Citizens have a chance in early 2025 to clean house. Of course candidates have to collect signatures, that will be happening soon. The office of mayor will be on the ballot. Steve Dean should announce today he is NOT running for re-election.
The Grice family did attend the April City Council meeting and speak at public comment. Other citizens also spoke. You can hear Public comments at the beginning of this audio:
Why did 2 aldermen abstain from voting to approve minutes? That vote is right after public comment.
One more email that should have Perry Mayer resigning today. He cared more about citizens needing pitchers to remove lead than he did about lead. The blue is mine, I received this email with the red highlights. Note this email is from just a few months ago. Just to clarify, the Grice’s water was tested by a lab in Champaign. I’m sure Leroy has copies.
You’re exactly right. The bureaucracy always looks out for itself.
Color and disgusting water sounds like and Colfax (schools had the kids drink it for years (probably still are)- moneys tight you know š
Saybrook- clear water but bad levels on forever chemicals and radiation (they stopped mailing water reports and make everyone go to web link (not everyone sits in the web all day or uses smart phones (disrespect for low mobility/special needs, elderly and off the grid taxpayers)
Anyone that questions is ridiculed (elected board members too) and bills keep going up (taxes too)
Same pals run county ā And state depts $$$
decades of the same thing and same narratives and same families āpublic servantsā
The attorneys for small towns setting narratives need examined $$$
mean girl protocol and passing the buck and hiding risks to citizens is common (city, county and state wide)
Funny…every small town must be invested in “Brita” or have family that installs expensive Water Filtration systems….They all seem to push the homeowner “To-Do” expense and list BUT not do anything but blame fire hydrant flushes or property owner line issues.
This is probably what boards are “trained” to do (throughout the county). Disgusting.
Aldermen who were not present at the meeting for which the minutes are presented abstain since they cannot verify the minutes are accurate.
Happens a lot