I have been avidly following Buffalo Grove politics recently. Why, you ask? Because you have no job and have entirely too much time on your hands, you ask? Well, yes, probably. But also because I think the fervor the Recall of Lisa Stone stirs is hilarious and fascinating. Here's a recent article on the whole issue, it already has over 250 comments. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101027/news/710289979/. For the record, I support Stone's recall and if you vote in BG or have family that does, make sure they vote on the issue. And now, the Blotter.
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Rejoice, rejoice! What had vanished has now returned.
To give voice to victims and lovers spurned.
Temperatures cool, but emotions run hotter.
Read all about it, in this week's Blotter.
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Suspicious Auto
Occurred 4:50pm on 8/20
300 Block of Indian Hill Drive
Resident reported a vehicle pulling into the driveway of a neighbor’s home and a vehicle pulled to the front of the house.  A male subject from the car in the driveway got out and went to the rear of the house then returned and left in the vehicle on the street.  Officers checked and found eviction notices on the front door and the vehicle in the driveway registering to that address.
I didn’t realize that getting evicted means you have to give up your car too.

Information for Police
Occurred between 7/28 and 8/20
2900 Block of Roslyn Lane
Resident reported that his daughter placed a text book for sale on line.  A buyer stated that he would send a check for $2,999.00 and told the daughter to cash the check, take out the cost of the text and return the remaining funds via Western Union.  The residents suspected this to be a scam and they were advised not to open any more emails from this subject.
I really hope the scammer had a sense of irony and that it was an Introduction to Criminal Justice book.

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If you read the blotter round-up because you're from BG and either still live there, or your parents do, I urge you to do what you can to make sure Lisa Stone gets recalled on November 2nd. If you have no connection to BG and just read this for the absurdity of what goes on, you're in luck, because there's still plenty of absurd happenings this week.
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I grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a typical suburban town filled with soccer fields, synagogues, and people with way too much time on their hands. In a low-crime, high-income area like this, the police have lots of resources and little to actually do. They run traffic stings where they stand on the median and pretend to be collecting for charity to see who crosses into the intersection after the light has turned yellow, then pull them over to issue tickets. Seriously.
Luckily for them, the residents of Buffalo Grove are f-ing nuts, and call the police about the stupidest things. Occasionally there are actual issues, but mostly it’s “suspicious people” (I’ll give you a clue. Suspicious=Not white) and kids out past curfew. I receive a daily e-mail of BG police activity, the Blotter, which is the source of nearly unending amusement to me. I have decided to compile my favorite over the course of the week to publish each Friday.

Click on Read More to see some of the highlights, hijinks, and general hilarity that goes on in suburbia.
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