A Plea From Sunset Village: ‘Give Us a Chance’

Dear Editor,

Whenever you turn on a television or read a news article nowadays, all you hear is a litany of things that certain people and groups want. We the residents at Sunset Village are a bit different.

; we don’t want pity, we don’t want a handout, we don’t want to gain an unfair advantage over anyone else at the expense of our integrity.

We also . We don’t want our children pushed out of the school system they enjoy so much.

We don’t want to reprisals from managers or others. And we don’t want to be cast out into the streets homeless and penniless with our only tangible investment shattered.

There are a few things we would like; we would like you to know that

We would like people to know that this situation can happen to anyone regardless of how careful and diligent you may be. We would like to ensure that there are safeguards in the future to .

We have made numerous inroads with various media outlets trying to get our story out in an effort to help others as well as ourselves. I would kindly ask anyone with an interest to please join our change.org petition at:

https://www.change.org/petitions/mb-financial-lincoln-financial-public-officials-loyola-university-work-with-residents

Despite the protestations to the opposite, the village of Glenview invested in quite a few things that were of less significance to fewer people.

They purchased for considerably more than it is worth now. They even invested in a home loan to the village manager who is the

I guess the question is why won’t they invest in the future of so many hardworking families and their children? Unlike some of their other investments they’ve made on your behalf, we honor our obligations and work very hard to be a part of the community at large rather than feed at the largess of the community.

So if there’s one thing that we do want, it is to be given a chance.

Sincerely,

Chris Iosello
Sunset Village resident