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Police Investigating After Fight Breaks out at Village Hall

Buffalo Grove's June 18 board meeting ended with an argument among residents.

 

Updated: 3:30 p.m. July 20

No Charges Filed in Village Hall Confrontation

 

Updated: 9 a.m. Tuesday

Buffalo Grove police are investigating a fight that broke out Monday night among a group of residents at Village Hall.

The incident occurred moments after the Village Board’s regular meeting ended just before 10 p.m. As trustees headed into their closed-door session, former trustee Lisa Stone, who had addressed the board, headed to the side of the room where staff members and Buffalo Grove Police Chief Steve Balinski sit. Stone said she exchanged comments with another audience member, and then told resident Stan Zoller "you're next."

Zoller often attends the meetings and documents the activity, which often involves Stone, in his blog.

That's when, Stone said, “he did something that made me mad. I don’t know what he said, even, but it was something provocative, and I gave him the finger.”

"Then I said, 'I have two words for you,’" Zoller said. "I’ll leave it at that.”

After Stone and Zoller exchanged words, resident Bonnie George, who had also delivered public comments during the meeting, stepped in to defend Stone. That’s when an altercation occurred, catching the attention of those who remained in the room. Reporters in the room saw Zoller with his fist raised.

"The fist thing was completely reactive," Zoller told Patch Tuesday morning. "There was no intent there whatsoever."

Balinski, other officers and a resident stepped in to diffuse the situation. No one was injured, nor was anyone charged in the incident Monday night.

“There will be a police investigation,” said Balinski, who was nearby when the scene erupted. “We will consult with the Cook County State’s Attorney, too, to review the facts.”

“We’re going to look into the totality of the situation. We’re on a fact-finding mission,” he said.

Zoller on Tuesday said that he regretted "causing a disturbance."

"I shouldn't have said what I said (to Stone). It was probably out of frustration," he said. He disputed Stone's claim that he did something to provoke her. "Had I said anything to provoke her, that would be another story. Had I done something to deserve the finger, fine. But I didn't."

Stone and George headed to the police station immediately after the meeting to tell their sides of the story. Zoller talked with officers at Village Hall, then left the building.

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Related Topics: Bonnie George, Lisa Stone, Stan Zoller, and buffalo grove village board

Ann Soutter

8:28 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Of course, Lisa Stone was involved...

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Joe

8:54 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Zoller wants to fist-fight a woman. HAHAHAHAHA

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rice cake

10:11 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

come o they are out to get stone the board is a joke

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Kathryn H

10:16 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I don't know the details of this particular incident, but it is sad that Lisa Stone continues to draw negative attention to herself and our village.

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Red

10:28 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

“he did something that made me mad. I don’t know what he said, even, but it was something provocative"

I don't know what he said but it made me mad! Hilarious. Perhaps the madness was already present.

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Art

10:53 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

rice cake - watch the video of the meeting itself before you judge. Stone shows up to the meetings looking to pick fights with the board and village staff, usually about things that aren't even within the village's jurisdiction.

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BG-Resident

2:47 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Is this the same Lisa Stone who accused a fellow village trustee of shoving her during a local baseball game? The same Lisa Stone who was overwhelmingly turned out of office before completing even one term on the Village Board? The same Lisa Stone who demonstrated an inability to get along with fellow trustees, village staff, elected officials, appointed officials? The same Lisa Stone who sees scandal, corruption and incompeteance at every turn? The same Lisa Stone who truly believes her personal sanitary waste does not exhibit the same malodious output that she claims the Pekora landfill site exudes? Yeah, right -- I'll jump on that bandwagon any day! Right!

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Art

3:31 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Yes, BG-Resident, that's the same one. And its the same Lisa Stone who refuses to accept that an UNICORPORATED subdivision that happens to get their mail through the BG post office is not actually part of BG, and therefore is not under the authority of the village govt. The same Lisa Stone who accuses public officials and volunteers of corruption and wrongdoing, without presenting any FACTS or EVIDENCE.
She insists on making a mockery of village government with such outrageous behavior intended to goad officials into embarrassing conduct, simply to make them look bad.
At least Rob Sherman can stick to the rules of a meeting, holds to time limits (so as not to HIJACK the meeting), and speaks respectfully (whether he respects them or not).
Ms. Stone, during the wait for the IEPA ruling on Land and Lakes, you promised to move from BG if you were not proven right - what part of WRONG do you not understand?

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Lisa Stone

9:41 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Alan:

You last question deserves discussion, so please trust that your questions will be addressed at the Public Forum. Jeff Braiman has yet to commit to the meeting, as if he's afraid to hear things that contradict his position. If we were wrong we surely wouldn't be requesting the Public Forum, would we? Notice that while my Coalition is small, it's stacked with solid people with intensely strong reputations for fighting for critical human right causes. I am keeping to my promise, Al. You just need to attend the Public Forum or Round Table to hear what may surprise you.

Penny Novy

4:48 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I need to start going to these meetings. I'm missing all the excitement.

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Gary Stone

5:12 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Even when a man "loses it" at the village meeting and tries to attack a woman, you still find a way to "blame" and castigate the victim. Is that even logical? I suggest you contemplate your perspective. Lisa simply stands up and brings to light issues of great importance that others are either afraid to address or are simply too apathetic to address. I guess when people speak out and try to help the community they get labeled, or worse, physically threatened. What she has is called courage and if all of YOU had any, you would comment in your own name. But then everyone would know who are and you might have to act responsibly.

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Sandy Klein

6:52 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

You exaggerate as much as your batty wife. Do you think either of you have any credibility with 98% of the population? We've been following her disruptions, accusations, and juvenile antics since she ran for a seat and we know better. She's such a flake she thinks she could be voted into any office again? After being tossed out on her behind? What planet do you two live on? And please, when will you move out of BG and give us all a break?

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Gary Stone

10:24 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

No exaggeration. Simply the facts. But feel free to wait for the police report to come out. By the way, I'm sure Mr. Zoller won't deny his actions, as too many saw exactly what occurred. But keeping focusing your attack on Lisa. Even if the facts point otherwise.

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Lisa Stone

10:23 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Sandy:

I'd say at this point, Gary or I could win an election with a formidable percentage of the population, but relax because we're not running. Gary has always been the kind of person that Government needs but he'd never enter the filthy arena, as it disgusts him. While it disgusts me as well, I have always been a believer that anything can change, essentially meaning....where there's life there's always hope. This is why I try to fight hard and make a difference in this crazy world. Call me batty, but it is what it is, and if you've noticed I'm "batty" convicted....over and over, until I prove up what society needs to know. Check my track record....not too shabby and each cause may have even impacted your very own life in ways that you'll never know. In a good way.

BG-Resident

7:15 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Based on past performance I'm not yet convinced that a man tried to attack a woman. I will watch the video to see what it shows. If it shows him attacking her I will certainly not countenance that. Lisa does not "simply stand up and bring to light issues of great importance", or if she does, she does so in inappropriate forums. She refuses to acknowledge jurisdictional boundaries. She refuses to accept independent scientific findings if they contradict her own preconceived notions. She refuses to work with those who have the power and authority to investigate and remediate that which she is complaining about. Instead she threatens, insults, accuses, attacks. She has no respect for other people's knowledge, efforts, feelings or time. What she does has nothing to do with courage. It is called BULLYING and she is a master at it. Those of us who comment under an assumed name do so because we have our own personal and professional lives aside from the time and effort we expend working for the betterment of our community. We don't wish to involve ourselves with Lisa Stone's twisted threats, taunts, and belittling.

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Art

9:19 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Unfortunately, the video stops before the "altercation", so we don't have the visual evidence. But since the Chief of Police was right there, I'm sure the facts will come out. Although something so silly as facts has never stopped Ms. Stone from leveling false accusations.
But for the sake of argument, let's say Mr. Zoller did raise his fist. That's a threat or a defensive move, it is not an assault.
I watched the video from start to end. Ms. Stone was totally incapable of putting together a coherent thought! Instead, she was rude, insulting, offensive, and wasted the time of our elected officials with...nothing. I still can't tell what point she was trying to make.
And Ms. George, You are victimizing your daughters, all over again. This kind of public exposure cannot be good for them. And it's too bad you do not even understand that the son is not responsible for his father, nor do village trustees (of any town) have responsibility for the hiring of an INTERN. Trustees set policy, they do not manage individual hirings at this level. You have fallen into Ms. Stone's campaign of vindictiveness.

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Lisa Stone

1:13 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Alan:
Is your moniker representative of the Artful Dodger? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artful_Dodger

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Lisa Stone

1:34 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Alan:

To your points: Chief Steve Balinski was not only right there, he was actually THE first responder - physically stopping Stan from attacking both me and Bonnie by holding him back. Adam Moodhe, ironically the man who investigated my 2009 campaign funds (which were squeaky clean) ran my Recall as his wife works for the village, I hear was actually the 2nd responder of protection! There were more men that physically controlled Stan's intensity and thankfully stabilized him. If these past few years could possibly get any stranger, imagine the following reality: I actually decided to extend my hand in thanks to Adam Moodhe for being a gentleman by protecting us. While I don't like what he and others did to me during the Board's Recall movement, the truth is that had Stan had his "fisticuff way" with us girls on Monday night, Bonnie and I could have potentially been seriously injured. While Stan is just a small, slight man, he is still a man with clear rage which was palpable and visibly explosive to all that were watching. It was surreal.

Alan, after last night I really need to take a few minutes to relax, but regarding your assertions that you still aren't able to understand my points, I guess all that is left for me to say to respectfully say to you is the following : Sit back and watch. Help has....is.... and continues to arrive. It's almost over....Thank G-d. :)

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

1:57 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Ms. Stone - when will you ever get it through your thick arrogant self-absorbed skull that the board was not responsible for your recall? You earned it with your ineptitude, obnoxious behavior, failure to follow rules and a variety of other things that demonstrated you had no business being a trustee. Are you forgetting the almost 8,000 voters who chased you from office? Stop blaming the board for your failures. It was your fault, and yours alone. When will you take responsibility for your actions? You are a phony and everyone

And I doubt that Adam Moodhe was protecting you- he was probably protecting Stan from doing something he might regret later. After everything you've said about him and his wife in the past, I have a hard time beleiving Adam would do you any kind of favor- with the possible exception of helping you pack a moving van.

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Lisa Stone

2:13 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Art ~ Alan D?

I can't find the words to express how wrong and hurtful your comments must be to Ms. George and her grossly abused family. To begin with, have your boys ever been molested? Thankfully mine were not so I can't begin to understand her pain and torment, but it hurts me just to think about it. Clearly you aren't moved. Secondly, how dare you judge anyone in such a difficult spot in life? It's bad enough that The George Family was abandoned by society, government, law etc.... but now that they've gotten up to fight back, you audaciously spew your anonymous hatred to the parents & victims of sexual molestation? Please, please apologize to them. I implore you. I really don't want to get personal, but I'm quite certain that you have not lived the perfect life. As they say, people in glass houses, should not throw stones. It's not good for the real estate market or women throughout BG. You feel me....Alan?

And true, son's are not responsible for their father, BUT, you're confused on the issues! If you'd put the blogs down for a while and focus, you'd see what Ms. George is saying. Your seem to miss points, regardless of clarity.

Regarding politics, interns, favors and all things BG government, one needs to be on more than BG Days Commission and/or BGRA to "get it".... Al. While I was never an elected official prior to 2009 or even a commissioner, I am a quick study and used FOIA to it's full potential. Simply stated....you are wrong. Again.

Gary Stone

10:32 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

When did it become a crime to speak out at a public meeting, whether one agrees or disagrees with what is being said? Yet when a man goes after a woman at that meeting, that is justified if what is being said is too edgy or speaks out against those in office. By the way, an assault is defined as an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. It can be a tort and a criminal act. At least have a shred of credibility when you post anonymously.

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Lisa Stone

9:10 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Gary:
It is a huge relief to have an experienced, ethical attorney commenting on a comment board. There are way too many "experienced" lawyers out there...but not many "hardcore ethical" ones like yourself, so I appreciate your input. For you to take to the comment Board, clearly you're pissed off at my attackers. It's no wonder that people shy away from running for government given the attack that was & continues to be waged at me and at times our boys & you, from the moment I said "yes" to Lake County Board Chairman Dave Stolman in 2008, when he convinced me to run for Trustee in the 2009 election. You resoundingly asked me not to run but I felt a calling regarding Heroin plaguing our society, so I had to follow my gut, and the rest is history. No regrets...not to say that the years haven't been brutal for our family and even close friends. I think about past gov't positions I've taken in my Government and Activist Roles in life and my conscience feels good. On the big issues, (Pedophiles, Heroin (& narcotics), Landfill, Water, Pit Bulls/Rottweilers) I feel better than good, as I know I've made a profound difference, which was my intention & hope.
For those that have followed the past few years of insane politics in Buffalo Grove, realize that Gary is not a "comment board" kind of guy...in fact it repulses him. Many have foolishly alleged that he has been behind anonymous monikers if a kind word was written about my political shtick. FYI - He's the real deal.

Art

11:14 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Mr. Stone - where did I or anyone else suggest that your wife committed a crime? What she continues to do is accuse others of wrongdoing, of corruption, without ANY evidence. In addition, she continues to waste the time of our village staff and officials by refusing to recognize and accept that they do not have jurisdiction of the water supply in an unincorporated subdivision. Nor do they have jurisdiction over state laws on molesters. She hounds the board to either take action (which they cannot do), to avoid being accused of a lack of humanity. That's not speaking out, that is vindictiveness and irrational behavior.
Perhaps the rest of us should accuse her of assault, her actions in these meetings makes us apprehensive of coming into contact with her - afraid that if we accidentally bump into her we'd be publicly castigated and accused of attacking her. Forgive me for using the wrong legal term (since I am not a lawyer); I made the common layperson mistake of confusing it with "battery".
And finally, you complain by saying I am posting anonymously, as though there's something evil in doing so.. Even patriots like Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine wrote anonymously, when they feared that using their real names would put their safety in jeopardy. We've all seen what your wife does to people who she feels have spoken against her. Besides, don't assume about anonymity.
Your wife needs help. Her behavior and manner of speaking is not rational.

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Stuart Tindall

11:17 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Mr. Stone, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

12:27 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Ms. stone has made a sport of provoking people, and then plays the innocent victim when they react. Funny how she'll file a police report the second she feels the backlash from her actions (she's done it before), and will file needless lawsuits when someone makes an innocuous comment to her kid online, but she is perfectly willing to make unsubstantiated claims, vague innuendo and patently false statements about other people which she justifies in the name if free speech.

This woman creates controversy and drama every chance she gets. Her agenda is to get her name in the press in any way she can and she hides behind non-sensical issues that only she and a few other crackpots care about. It is a sad and pathetic cry for attention that is enabled by her husband, who is always having to defend and explain her actions. That is a losing and thankless proposition if I ever saw one -similar to being Jerry Sandusky's defense attorney.

She was kicked out of office by an overwhelming majority of BG voters and refuses to accept the fact that people got sick of her antics and self-serving grandstanding. Yet she still won't go away. Too bad shunning has fallen out of favor- it would be great to send her packing and tell her never to return. And she could take her small, wacky band of "followers" with her to Lisa LaLa land.

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

12:54 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Note to Mr. Stone... You tell Art that he should have a "shred of credibility" when he posts anonymously. Why don't you and your wife have a shred of credibility when you post USING YOUR REAL NAMES? You and your wife claim to be such strong advocates of free speech, yet you persist in calling people who choose to exercise their constitutional right to anonymous free speech cowards? Why did your wife take legal action against an Internet poster who made (what the courts determined to be) a harmless comment to your kid? Free speech for you, but not for those you decide shouldn't have it? Trying to silence those who say things you don't like? Call them names because they choose not to reveal their identity? Hmmm.

I don't think Art is the one with the credibility issue here...

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Art

9:32 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

1. It is correct that I have chosen not to use my last name (just like your supporter in past issues, Erica). Its a very simple way to conceal one's full identity.
2. As you so frequently do, you have gone off on a tangent, using a misguided attempt to identify me, avoiding the real issues, like your inability (or unwillingness) to understand or accept the concept of jurisdiction. Stay on point, rather than engage in witch hunts.
3. Unfortunately, the incident following the board meeting has overshadowed your conduct during the meeting. Let me make it very clear, if you actually read my comments above, you'll see that I neither accused nor absolved anyone of any wrongdoing. In fact, I urged others to withhold judgment until knowing the facts.
4. To Ms. George and her family: if I said anything that hurt you, I sincerely apologize. I certainly did not mean to do so. (see Ms. Stone, it is not difficult to acknowledge and apologize for real or perceived errors). My intent was only to have you distance yourself from Ms. Stone's antics, and let you focus on healing. As I have said in previous posts, I have no true understanding of your pain, but I do not believe it is helpful to expose your family to such public exposure of the situation (note that policies of most of the news media regarding publishing the names of abuse victims, even when they have publicly come forward).
Ms. Stone - stop playing the victim. The rest of the community has been victimized enough...by you.

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Lisa Stone

9:45 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Stu:

If you're real and not just an anonymous moniker, I'd be glad to meet you at The Buffalo. Over a Hot Fudge Sundae, (dutch treat) I assure you that I will make coherent, rational points that in fact, may help your confusion & your soul. Two for one! Don't worry about me and G-d.....I'm confident that we're solid, I assure you. And, to be quite honest, G-d is my business anyway, as that is personal and your private business as well. Actually, for most of my life I was agnostic for varying reasons, so it's nice to feel cool with G-d. I started losing faith early and for many reasons - and then I became convinced and will never question again. Man's free will shouldn't be confused and blamed on G-d, which once you ponder, is powerful and calls you into action when you don't know what to do.

My mentor & friend "Hotel Rwanda" Paul Rusesabagina's father told him to always "look up" which I'll post about later. "A mensch."

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Lisa Stone

9:58 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

(con't)

It was my dear, sweet father-in- law, Dr. Harry B. Stone (alava shalom) who spent years convincing me that there was G-d - who cared & explained to me why G-d exists. He practiced & authentically lived orthodox Judaism and truly was one of the most special and kindest human beings one could ever know. My boys are following in his medical footsteps, as he was the "old school" kind of Doctor....housecalls and all -until his mid 80's, then unfortunately age caught up with him. He inspired my boys to be Dr. Stones too! ;) Ironically, Gary sues Doctors, since his insight is unique and he understands both sides, as he saw healthcare changing through his Dad's 50+ years of practice. Hopefully, my boys will "wholly" help healthcare, not only as future Medical Doctors, but with their G-d given passion and their genes which aren't too shabby I'd like to think!

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Lisa Stone

10:00 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Sadly, if there is a problem in medicine or any other area that seems to be business oriented, government doesn't step in, so tort lawyers are all society has, in my opinion. Hence, why tort reform is so dangerous to the people. Just to prove my integrity on the issue, when I personally told Mark Kirk I'd support him back in 2009, it was based upon his intense position against Heroin, as few do what he does to fight the Heroin that is plaguing our country. Obviously his position regarding Israel is huge to me as well. But, as I told Mark, one day I'd like to speak to him about tort reform. It's wrong. It just is...nobody else will hold the negligent and careless responsible. Government sure doesn't, so tort is the only protection for the people.... in my opinion.
Caps are dangerous, but frivolous lawsuits should not be tolerated, and that is integral to the integrity of tort cases.

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Stuart Tindall

4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Leave a quote from Billy Madison, get a three page reply. Best troll ever.

Maureen Welborn

11:18 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

God is great .... beer is good .... and Lisa you are crazy (Hum along with me comment board posters-it's a very catchy tune) .... I think I misread the above last sentence - Caps are dangerous, but FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED ... etc., etc - This coming from the Queen of frivolous lawsuits .... I'm so confused !!!!

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

12:51 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Mo- don't be confused. Just remember that the Stone double standard applies;

" The laws and rules of common decency were created by mortals for mortals and do not apply to us. We interpret the rules and the truth to suit our needs and anyone who disagrees with us is immoral, wrong, unethical, criminal, insane or a pederast. The only right view is the Stone view.

We are supreme human beings with super-genes, superior intellects and friends in high places. Mere mortals have no right to question our actions, nor do we have any obligation to justify, explain or be held accountable for them. We do what we want and don't you dare question us unless you are prepared to deal with character assasination, police reports and legal action.

We alone will cure world hunger and global warming, and we'll have that done before noon on Friday so we still have time for a quick game of Mah Jongg before Temple."

Hope that helps resolve your confusion.

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Gary Stone

11:48 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

I do agree with one thing you said--you are so confused. As for your "catchy" tune, you may want to rethink who you're calling "crazy". Finally, caps on damages are detrimental to the civil justice system. Not really that complicated or confusing.

RELENTLESSCRITIC

12:31 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Stones-

After reading your last few comments I almost threw up in in my mouth- and I usually have a pretty strong stomach. I'm not sure whether I'm more astounded by your self-serving grandstanding, pathetic ego stroking of your husband and family, your wacky attempts to identify anonymous posters, the idiotic name-dropping or your ramblings about your religious beliefs. Oh, and I'm still laughing about your comment in the Herald about being our next congresswoman. You had almost 8000 people vote you OUT of office- how in the world will you find more than 4 that want to vote you IN?

You- and now your husband- have become cartoon characters. I hope you continue to publicly embarass yourself and your family. In the same way that people slow down to look at horrible car wrecks, I can't help but watch and wait for your next episode. It used to irritate me, but now it is actually great fun to see what inane thngs you'll say and do next. Now that your hubby is posting again, we get a Two-fer. Double the fun, double the hilarity. When will your sons start posting again? I smell a reality TV show in the works. Just like the Kardashians, only more dysfunctional.
I'd like to propose a pay-per-view cage match between you and Stan. All I need are the concession rights and I'll be happy. We can televise it on channel 6 right after the Board meeting. Let me know what you think.

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Bonnie George

2:57 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Lisa is the noblest, truthful and loving person I have met in my life. She is my last stich of effort I have requested. My husband asked me to contact Lisa. Lisa introduced me by phone to State Representative Sid Mathias, Congressman Dole’s Representative and has found us a more powerful Attorney that will help pick up of the pieces our Ex Attorney made a mess out of in our Civil Case. Lisa took me out of my shell that I had been suffering for my daughters the past 2 years!! Wow, Lisa moves like a speeding bullet and gets right to the point of interest in helping our family and helping the Village of Buffalo Grove Community . I told Lisa I want to be just like her!! She feels so heartfelt to our family, she is now going to be called “Auntie Lisa” by my daughters who have so much trust and respect for her!!

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Bonnie George

2:58 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Lisa also stood by our side as our Ex Attorney withdrew from our case after 2 years of the worst misery we could handle. Lisa gave me so much strength to take me back to the Village of Buffalo Grove after the abuse the Village has caused me. Our family is innocent bystanders. Lisa also took us to a secret unit for 4.5 hours, you would not believe, who is handling our case now. Lisa has help me to make a new law for my daughters with the assistants of State Representative Mathias. I would like to thank the Police Chief of Buffalo Grove who has worked with me the last few years. So I am reaching out to the Public Community, sit back and see what happens for the best.

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Bonnie George

3:33 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Thank you so much Lisa, since you were here for dinner last week we no longer see the sexual predator 5 doors down from our house. Lisa you were very courageous by going down the 5 doors to meet the predator. Actually you scared him! We have not seen him in our neighborhood since! This makes our family and our neighborhood a safer place to live!!

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

9:25 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Hoo boy, this keeps getting stranger and stranger. Now she's knocking on people's doors to "meet" them? I wonder what she said to the guy... and I wonder what she'd do if someone showed up at her door to meet her. I'm guessing she'd be demanding 24 hour armed protection from the BGPD. I hope the guy files a police report on her. You can be absolutely certain that is what she would do.

Nothing like a dose of Lisa Stone street justice to make us feel safer in our community. Did she wear a cape, mask and a tight suit with a giant S on the front of it, or did she go there disguised as a disgraced former trustee who fancies herself the arbiter of all that is right and good in the world?

Gary Stone

9:24 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Bonnie, Glad you are feeling some strength after your family's horrific ordeal. Lisa will continue to help the community (and your family).

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

9:32 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Yeah Gary, ya have a real gem there, don't ya? A regular Mother Theresa. She can help the community best by not being involved in it. Apparently she missed that message from almost 8000 voters. If she really wants to be a hero, she ought to stop her nonsensical grandstanding and self promoting causes. I'm thinking a greeter position at Walmart might be a good alternative to what she's doing now. Now be a good boy and go rub her feet before she gets angry. And for Pete's sake, don't say anything that would make her mad- we know what that leads to.

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Lisa Stone

12:00 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

RELENTLESSCRITIC:

Now I think we're getting somewhere. Apparently, you think you're too good to work at Walmart, I take it? You know there are people that, while educated and deep, work at Walmart, whether by need or just want to be busy interacting with people. I'd rather hang out with people earning an honest wage, regardless of how much money they earn, but that understand the value of hard work and pride in their job. My gut, which is usually "freaky" on, tells me that all of the above would not apply to who you are, which is sad for you. Perhaps, you should get a job at Walmart as it would likely give you depth & perspective that would be healthy for your mind & soul, given the side of you we've all seen throughout the years.
And for the record, I've worked at Dunkin' Donuts, Carson's Ribs, Golden Bear, Miller's Steak House, Billy & Company, Barnum & Bagel, Lincolnwood Hyatt House Restaurant, & many more honest jobs to earn money while growing up....and I loved working, go figure. When I landed the big job at Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing, later bought out by Thompson and then I believe Westlaw, I was extensively trained how to research. Apparently, I was so good that I was given an assistant to train, which very few consultants were trusted to train. I was chosen. All those years working hard paid off, as I was self sufficient and felt good about my work. I still do, as I brought my hard work ethic to the people....for no pay. Can you say that?

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

3:11 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Stone- Here you go again making a false assumption and accusation, followed by a lecture no one cares about and ending with more bragging about how great you are/were. Same pattern every time. So predictable. So shallow. So vapid.

And the best contribution I can make for the people is to continue to expose you for the inept, self-serving, truth twisting, grandstanding, muck raking, braggart poseur that you are. That will always far outweigh your meager "contributions" to the community. And I am happy to do it for no pay at all. Just knowing that I am protecting the community from you even in a small way is all I need. I give and I give.

BG-Resident

9:43 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

A quick internet search fails to identify any registered sexual predators currently living on Navajo Trail. There was one registered approximately five houses away from Ms. George's address, but he moved to Des Plaines several years ago and he remains registered there today. I understand your sensitivity, Ms. George, but is it possible you're now chasing ghosts? And whose privacy, Ms. Stone, did you invade when you played "Meet The Predator"?

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Bonnie George

9:02 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

LET ME PLEASE EXPLAIN. The Predator lives in Des Plaines but shows up on Navajo Trail every day on motorcycle or by car at the residence across from his former home! He shows up every day of the week at 9am to 9pm or later or will even sleeps over night at the home! He bought a swimming pool for these people and sits and watches children swim in that pool every day. He is in the backyard, garage or making a fool of himself in front of the home. This all requires our family to see him every day. Is this fair? NO
Thank you so much for Lisa Stone! She came over to our house last Friday Night. Lisa decided to meet the Predator face to face. She walked to the home and asks for him to come out! BUT HE DID NOT!
SINCE LISA WAS THERE!!! WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM AT THE HOME OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!! KUDOS!! LISA!!!
I DO NOT KNOW IF OUR FAMILY WILL EVER SAFE AGAIN!!!!

WOW!!

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Sandy Reeves

9:34 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

I guess you some of you support pedophiles? Maybe the chief of police needs to be contacted?

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Sandy Reeves

11:25 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Kenneth Lundgren is not to have any contact with the victim or their family. I found this article in the Daily Herald.

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Buffalo Grove man gets probation for abuse
By Barbara Vitello
A Buffalo Grove man received 24 months probation Thursday in exchange for pleading guilty to fondling a teenage
girl.
As a condition of his plea, Kenneth W. Lundgren, 46, must register as a sex offender for 10 years and can have no
contact with the victim or her family, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Mike Gerber.
The plea spares the victim the trauma of having to testify at Lundgren's trial which was to have begun later this
month, Gerber said.
The abuse occurred several times between September 2008 and January 2010, authorities said.
The victim's mother said the teenager and her family were satisfied with the sentence. The mother also praised
the Buffalo Grove Police Department and social worker Lisa Fowler for their hard work and diligence.
Copyright © 2012 Paddock Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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C-Dub

1:20 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

So he did the right thing by not answering the door when Lisa tramped over there "to meet" him. But you call him a coward for not having the nerve to step out, um he was following COURT ORDERS! Oh and Bonnie completely trashing the village all over this comment board by saying that no one did anything until her savior Lisa came to the rescue, but in the article she praised the PD and the social worker.
What disgusts me is the fact that Bonnie posted that letter. I am sorry for the pain your family has endured, but I sure did not need to know the details of what occurred between you and that creep, that should have been kept private.

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Lisa Stone

9:58 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

C-Dub:

I don't understand people that have an affinity for pedophiles, so it's impossible for you to be reached. Therefore anything you say on the topic should be ignored by all, as you clearly are comfy with the topic, which means all sorts of things that I don't respect. If there's anything that you don't want to read on the Patch, by all means don't, but don't show amoral traits by telling the Mom of sexually molested girls what they should and shouldn't do in getting their story heard after all these years. It makes you look heartless and pedophilia-ish yourself, even though "on record" you call him a creep. Instead of reading these Boards, I'd suggest you pick up a copy of the Bible, any testament, as it seems you'd benefit from it....and I imagine it's a good read, public or private.
I think it was brave and brilliant for Bonnie to post the letter, because life is what it is, and the more people that see it are joining in to fight against such dangerous actions that adults perpetrate on children. You never know C-Dub......it can be right in your own backyard. I've heard of adults only "coming out" decades after the pedophile terrified them into never talking. Just yesterday a woman told me a story of what happened to her, and by her own father no less. So, don't be so aloof....you just never know. Instead of judging, perhaps open your eyes and ears and start looking around and listening even closer.... You just may help some innocent child from evil.

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3:37 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Stone-
You seem to call the cops and start lawsuits if someone breaks wind within 15 feet of you, yet somehow you can justify your actions and at the same time say cdub has an affinity for pedophiles? Not sure how you'd jump to that conclusion. After all, C-dub wasn't the one that knocked on the door to meet the guy, you did that.

Hypothetically speaking, if a person used the same kind of twisted logic you used about c- dub., couldn't they say you have an affinity for pedophiles because you purposefully walked down the street and knocked on the door to meet him? If you don't like pedophiles why did you seek one out- particularly when he was inside and not bothering anyone (and particularly YOU) and not doing anything illegal or unusual at the time? What useful purpose did it serve? There seems to be no logical reason for you to seek him out.

So, while I am in no way shape or form insinuating, implying, suggesting, hinting, dreaming, fantasizing or claiming that you have an affinity for pedophiles (so you won't go running to your lawyer), it would not be hard to imagine other people could make that connection- especially if they follow your lead on making twisted assumptions and accusations and jumping to conclusions. People could easily get the wrong idea about you, couldn't they?

Bonnie George

1:57 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

My daughter had ask me to post the letter!! We need to get closure, I can sit and tell any of you this whole mess regarding my family about the predator. It is a sick horrible story/. We never said were satisfied. DH set me up. Please read the Patch article Please!

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Bonnie George

2:00 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Our whole family willing to tell any one any time. The whole story will make you sick!!

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C-Dub

2:38 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Thanks for the offer, but I think I will decline the offer to hear the horrid tale. If that is they way your family gets closure by posting everything onto an internet comment and blog site. So be it. Happy trails to you and good luck

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Lisa Stone

1:16 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

C-Dub:

Are you heartless?

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C-Dub

8:27 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Lisa I will actually answer that question. To your dismay, I am not heartless. I honestly am sick about what happened to Mrs George's family. No one should have to endure what happened and those responsible should and hopefully will pay the ultimate price. I am not about to say I know what her family is going through, because I cannot do that. I can offer her my condolences and prayers, but I also can say that I do not want to hear about it. When I said I do not want to hear the horrid tale, I was being honest, they may want to talk about it, which is fine, but I do not want or need to hear about it. I was stating a fact above, everyone has their own tactics to put closure on tragedies. So if you want to consider me heartless, fine.

Bonnie George

3:57 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

My closure will come whe the predator pays all of our doctor bills!!

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Lisa Stone

1:56 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Bonnie:

Understand that universally, any and all human beings understand your plight. For the few anonymous commenters that are questioning you, please realize that they have "deal breaker" agendas and are acting out of self-serving and what appears to be selfish interests. At this point, everyone, near and far, gets it. Trust me. In fact, I'd venture to say that people around Illinois are repulsed that anyone would disrespect you, your husband or daughters after what you've all been through. All over the planet this situation should not have been tolerated! Just breathe and ignore those naive people that minimize such a tragedy. They will meet their maker one day and he/she will take all the time in the world to explain what they somehow became blind to in life. Some people seem to lack empathy and compassion for others. Bonnie, things will be fine now. Ignore the haters like a phony phone call....just hang up and don't dignify their strange interest. Take it from someone that understands agendas...Big-time. Just look them in their anonymous, humiliated & panicked faces and advise them that...."The party's over" and just "Let it Be".

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Lisa Stone

10:11 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

C-Dub:

When you use words like "Happy Trails" to the Mother of molested children, you demonstrate exactly who you are. I find people like you almost as disturbing as the pedophiles themselves. Simply don't read what you don't want to read, but armchair psychology tells me that there are reasons that you have taken such a strong position regarding Bonnie's posting of the letter. Perhaps you should soul search and see what all of your deep seeded anger is all about? Either way, leave the George's alone....they've gone through enough, don't ya think?

Resident of Buffalo Grove

4:01 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Lisa-

As a resident neighbor, I have known your family for several years. I have always respected Gary and have kept up on the successes and accomplishments of your two boys. You have every reason to be proud parents. I was so supportive of your desire to run for office as many had the opportunity to witness your passion and drive to do great things for causes that you are so incredibly passionate about. Your efforts to bring awareness and take action in regards to the Pitt bulls issue was so respected and endeared on both a local and national landscape- I was hoping you would take that very same passion with you into public office. It was for this very reason that I supported your campaign, voted for you and placed a sign in my front yard for you. Sadly, possibly not surprisingly, things took a nasty turn once you were elected. While your passion and drive for personal causes continued, you consistently misused your power as a trustee to disrupt village meetings and damage the character and integrity of all of your fellow elected trustees as well as our former Mayor, Elliott Hartenstein. You made a mockery of our government, our community and most of all yourself. You compromised your credibility at every open village meeting.

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Resident of Buffalo Grove

4:03 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

You disrespected others and even more significantly, disrespected yourself. The ultimate embarrassment of being recalled as village trustee was inevitable- your constant grandstanding at village meetings bordered on the insane. Your inability to stay on point caused village meetings to be extended at nauseam. Your exit from the local political scene was applauded publically as there was hope that a sense of normalcy would return to our local government meetings. Oh how wrong was that?? Your participation at the June 18th village meeting was an absolute embarrassment. Your actions were simply deplorable and insidious. Even my children took notice and found your actions insulting. Seriously Lisa??? With every word that came out of your mouth to include the references to needing to chew gum to slow down your delivery proved why you are completely incompetent in any ability to hold a position in public office. Your inability to focus on any single point and your continuous attacks and disrespect to our elected officials was heinous and reprehensible. While I am terribly empathetic to Bonnie Georges circumstances, your partnering with her in this medium was another step in further discrediting yourself.

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Resident of Buffalo Grove

4:03 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

This exchange had no place at a village meeting but from an outsiders perspective appeared to be another opportunity for you to grandstand and show a sense of insanity. Sadly, your conduct and overall approach of delivering a scattering of messages and innuendos simply served to discredit all of what you are trying to do. Please find another medium to deal with your personal crusades. I agree, you are a great researcher- put those skills to good use. Don’t continue to be a source of embarrassment to our community or yourself and please don’t speak at any future village meetings- save us all that embarrassment. As for Gary, I respect your needs to stand by your wife, however, in doing so, I can assure you that you have lost the respect of many supporters, friends and colleagues- perhaps the true sign of courage would be for you to find the way to protect Lisa and your family from further humiliation.

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Lisa Stone

1:39 am on Friday, June 22, 2012

Resident of Buffalo Grove:
In your post above you state the following:

"...you consistently misused your power as a trustee to disrupt village meetings and damage the character and integrity of all of your fellow elected trustees as well as our former Mayor, Elliott Hartenstein. You made a mockery of our government, our community and most of all yourself."

FYI Resident of Buffalo Grove: it was not me that damaged the character and integrity of my fellow elected trustees as well as former Mayor, Elliott Hartstein. It was equally not me that made a mockery of our government. What you did happen to get right was the following statement that you also made in your post above.

"...you are a great researcher- put those skills to good use."

Your acknowledgement of my "great researcher" indicates that you should reconsider your position... altogether. Given my skills, trust that I did put those skills to good use....as I am the great researcher, even according to you!
Therefore, I rest my case per your own testimonial, which I thank you for and deeply appreciate that small crumb. But, IF you really feel as strong as you do and want to be taken seriously, consider using your own name Gary and I do. It's a Stone Family trait....courage and conviction. It really isn't grandstanding or showing any sign of insanity, but apparently you and I have very different perspectives on insanity, life and courage. Which, by the way, is cool with me....to each their own.

BG-Resident

4:24 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012

Erica, Nope there is no support of pedophiles here. It sounds as if justice has been served. The perp was ordered to not have contact with the victim or family and apparently he has met that obligation. Nowhere do I see a requirement for him to relocate, stay off the block, stay inside or otherwise restrict his movements. I understand that this is traumatic for the victim especially, but also for the entire family. With no malice meant, perhaps some family counseling is needed to get past this horrible experience. On the other hand, what are you expecting? What would you like the police/courts/village/Lisa etc.etc. etc. to do? Lisa serves in no official capacity and has no authority to do anything. She is simply sticking her nose in where it does not belong. The perp is under no obligation to meet her, talk to her, listen to her or anything else, and in fact if Lisa is there acting on behalf of the aggrieved family he could be in violation of his sentence by acknowledging her presence. He did the right thing by avoiding all contact. In fact, had it been me I would have immediately called the police and let them handle her removal from my property.

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Jane Edwards

1:28 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

"It's a Stone Family trait,,,,,,,,,,courage and conviction". So "Uncle W" is your son's given name? Interesting.

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Alan Art Alan

3:39 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Citizen advocacy is a good thing. A couple of the schmuck's and blind defenders of the trustees need to get past the obvious bias. In real life, you are a tool, and in case you did not kow it, everyone thinks so,

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

3:52 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Courage and conviction? Seems like such a short list. You must have left, out perfect, beyond reproach, super-human, all knowing, superior, chosen, gifted, and special.

Are arrogance, self-centeredness, cluelessness, ineptitude, rudeness, inarticulate, near-sighted, unrepentant, self-serving, litigous,unwilling to take ownership and accountability for one's own actions, controlling or calculating on your list of traits? Just wondering...

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

4:29 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Alan art Alan-

Citizen advocacy is a good thing. It allows all kinds of idiots, miscreants, sheeple and crackpots to have a voice. See- even YOU can be a citizen advocate. You don't even need to have a real cause or any sense of reality. I suggest you contact Ms. Stone to see how it is done. (Just walk downstairs from your bedroom- i'll bet she's making you dinner right now.) She'll advocate anything that will get her name in the paper and provide her the opportunity to remind people how great she and her family are.

What do I advocate? I advocate exposing phonies and hypocrytes. Citizen advocacy is truly a great thing, which is why I do what I do. Thanks for the fodder- it makes my job so much easier- and gratifying.

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Jane Edwards

5:30 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Looks like "Uncle W" has finally reappeared as Alan Art Alan!!!!! At least he is of age now to appear on these posts.

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Sandy Klein

6:42 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Lisa, you are truly delusional. Seriously. And you're mean-spirited and vindictive. You twist the truth to suit your agenda. You want to punish anyone you feel is standing in your way. You don't take ownership for anything you've done and try to paint a smiley face on all your odd behavior. You go on and on about how wonderful you are when all around you there are people who are completely turned off because you're so aggressive and nasty.

I'm sorry, but you and your supportive husband would never be elected to anything after what we've seen from your corner. You seem "off". And you're being enabled by family members who are either off themselves or just feel sorry for, and loyal towards you.

Someone posted the other night that you're a bully and that's a very accurate description of you. I know you have delusions of being BG's Erin Brockovich, but you're actually Aubrey O'Day on Celebrity Apprentice - a narcissistic buffoon that everyone laughs at and hates for steamrolling every scenario and person that doesn't blow smoke up your behind because you're so high-maintenance due to your neediness.

Disrespect, like respect, is earned. You've earned the terrible way people treat you.

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Gary Stone

9:58 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Sandy, are you saying that Lisa "earned" the attack by the man at the village meeting on Monday night? It is interesting that the article was about a man who came at Lisa with fists raised and all that anyone can write about is Lisa's behavior. I guess no matter what happens, criticize Lisa. It's like blaming the crime victim for "asking for it".

RELENTLESSCRITIC

10:21 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Gee. Lisa was quoted as saying "You're next" to Mr. Zoller. Seems like that could be interpreted as some sort of threat, couldn't it. What did she mean by that, I wonder? Next for what?

Of course, her saying that she could be our next congresswoman sounds like an even bigger threat. Scary beyond belief. Good thing it would never happen.

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C-Dub

10:33 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Lisa, I am demanding an apology for you saying that that I have an affinity to pedophilia or that I have pedophilia-its tendacies. I NEVER defended anyone, I was merely stating a point that I do not want to hear the details. I will take your advice that I will not read if I do not want to know, but what you replied was cruel, vindictive and unnecessary! You do not know me, but to call someone a pedophile is pure evil.

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

8:05 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012

c-dub-

An apology would never happen because it would require ms stone to admit she was wrong. If you have been following her antics over the last few years, you know that she believes she is always right. For example, she still claims that it was the village board's fault she was recalled, even though almost 8000 voters told her otherwise. That's just one example, there are many many more.

You'll be waiting a long, long time for an apology. And there is a very long list of people she needs to apologize to, starting with each and every resident of Buffalo Grove.

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Sandy Reeves

10:17 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012

I see the pedophilehas many supporters. What's wrong with this picture?

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Sandy Klein

10:42 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012

What's wrong with your spell check? And what's wrong with YOU that you have to resort to a straw man argument? Look that up on google, I'm sure you don't know what it means.

Sandy Reeves

11:35 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012

So you do support pedophiles? How many more victims are out there that haven't come forward?

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Sandy Klein

12:27 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

What, in the name of God and all that is holy, makes you think anyone here supports pedophiles?

Sandy Reeves

1:51 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

How would you like it if your son or daughter was sexually molested as a child? Plain and simple.

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Sandy Klein

2:48 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

Erica, you are way off base. Nobody here has condoned anything that has happened to this child or the family. NOBODY. Get off your high horse and go back and read the posts and stop questioning people based on something you're making up in your fairytale imagination.

After my exchange with you and seeing how off the wall you are, I'm convinced you must be a Stone. Major eye roll.

RELENTLESSCRITIC

3:33 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

Erica is one of Stone's flying monkeys. Can't think for herself and can't conduct any kind of lucid discussion. Always resorts to name calling, or cutting to the lowest common denominator. Just like now- you don't agree with Stone, so you must agree with the guy that molested those kids. I know, for a reasonably intelligent person that's a long stretch in logic. But for Erica, it is direct from point A to point B. Erica"'s comments tell you all you need to know about what kind of a person you're dealing with. Now watch- she'll call me a pedophile next- if she can figure out how to spell it.

p.s. Erica, just want to make certain you know that a pedophile is not someone who enjoys riding bicycles. Hope that helps a bit.

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

3:34 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

Erica- how long have you been an idiot? All your life, or just recently? Answer the question.

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Sandy Klein

9:52 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012

Maybe we should get a court order to reveal who Erica is so we can sue her for libel.

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Sandy Klein

10:00 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012

I'm starting to think the Stone supporters either a) do not know the history of what's gone on in years past with her, or b) are just as batty as she is.

Anyone who isn't educated should look at the video of the village board meeting of June 18th on the village website at www.vbg.org. The constant rambling, attacks, going off topic, run on sentences about gum, smoking, what she did years ago, toastmasters, etc. indicates something is going on with Lisa that isn't quite normal. This is exactly how she conducted herself when she was on the board, so nothing got done during her reign. Nothing. She's out of control, aggressive, mean-spirited and vindictive. If you disagree with her or try to control her actions so she's following the rules of the board, she'll find a way to make you pay. And when someone who wasn't pro-Lisa accidentally bumped into her at a crowded baseball field in town, she went and filed a police report against him. That's just the kind of person she is. Nasty. Nasty and looking for a problem where none exists.

The Stones have NO credibility, In fact, if one of them said the sky was blue I would check on that based on the source.

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Boris the Animal

6:04 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012

But Gary is an ambulance chaser, ooops make that personal injury attorney. His credibility is 30-40% plus expenses. Nothing sleazy about that

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Bucky the Badger

4:06 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

Erica is just another name Lisa Stone is using probably

Boris the Animal

7:57 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012

Boris saves most of his rage (which he oddly expresses only in the third person) for Mrs. Stone. Boris will be attending the next BG village meeting. He will INSIST that the meeting run smoothly and without pointless rambling and annoying delays. Buffalo Grove has been embarrassed more than enough by the entire Stone family (this applies to you too, Alan Art Alan - now would be the PERFECT opportunity to rebel against your parents). It's time to let our local duly elected - not shamefully recalled - government officials do their jobs. Boris has spoken

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Janet Sirabian

2:25 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

Gary, no one attacked her. You really need to check out facts.

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Sandy Klein

7:33 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

Check facts? Why start now? It's easier to just make things up so Lisa looks like a poor innocent victim.

Janet, I have a question. Why does the board put up with Lisa and her antics? It only makes the village look bad and makes the board look like they're not in control. Ask for a police officer at the meeting and the minute her time is done and she won't give up the microphone, have her physically removed. Do that enough and maybe she'll start respecting the board, the village and the rules.

Bucky the Badger

4:04 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

I just wish he had punched her...

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Boris the Animal

7:07 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

Whoa, Bucky! Let's not go there - please. Boris Is in charge now, and he does NOT condone violence of any kind, even discussion of such.

We must stay on topic and simply make it clear that no one in Buffalo Grove (perhaps besides the occasional shyster personal injury lawyer) wants to see, hear or read about Ms. Stone and her Bizarro World conspiracy theories and delusions of grandeur anymore. Boris has spoken again

Sandy Klein

7:36 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

God forbid I ever need a personal injury attorney, but if I did, Gary Stone wouldn't be on my list of lawyers to hire. Not after seeing how he operates where his wife is concerned. Bob Clifford, maybe. Or Goldberg, Weisman, Cairo. But certainly not Stone.

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Mark Bushey

10:58 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

Can the board get a restraining order on the nutball?

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Ed Muldoon

8:22 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Get a switch for that microphone.
Get the camera off her at the end of her time.
Appoint a Sergeant-at-Arms.
Give her an oil painting for an audience, no comments, no smiles, no expressions from the Board. At the end of her time, simply say, “Next.”

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ed conner

8:26 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I have not been following this story very closely, but the headline "fight at city hall" piqued my interest. So I watched the June 18 village meeting video and read all the posts on this topic, as well as the articles and comments about Ms. Stone's coalition for safe water. Since I have no position one way or another on the issue, I think the following observations are fair and objective:

First, it's hard for me to believe that more than a few dozen people are paying attention to any of this. Certainly the number is fewer than 100 people. Given that, the level of acrimony displayed by both sides (i.e. the Stone and anti-Stone sides) seems out of proportion. Clearly people are taking this way too seriously.

Second, very little of the dialog from either side focuses on the substance of Ms. Stone's arguments (such as they are). They are mostly personal attacks, or irrelevancies -- such as these tangents about child abuse, Ms. Stone's family, and the like.

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ed conner

8:35 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Third, in watching the June 18 video, I must say that Ms. Stone displayed a level of narcissism which was truly astounding. The constant self-referential comments, the elaborate gesturing behind the podium when others were speaking, the random attacks on members of the board -- all of it -- were desperate appeals for attention like few I have ever witnessed in a public forum. Through all of it, I was not able to discern a single coherent argument. She clearly wants something, but she seems unable to tell anyone what it is.

Fourth, in all articles I have read on the safe water issue, and Ms. Stone's related posts, I am still unclear about what she is trying to accomplish. There are cryptic allusions to some kind of corruption or coverup, but that is not clear. I would suggest to Ms. Stone and her coalition that if they want to get something accomplished, the first step is to state clearly and concisely what that something is. And, in future board appearances, I suggest the Ms. Stone take a tip from Rob Sherman -- in the June 18 meeting, he stated clearly and concisely what he wanted, and the Board gave it to him. What a concept!

Finally, as post script to Mr. and Ms. Stone -- the implication that posting anonymously diminishes the merit of the posting is obnoxious. Similarly, posting under your own name does not elevate the merit of the posting.

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Abigail

5:21 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I agree, it's difficult to figure out what Ms. Stone wants when she is at that podium because of all the innuendo and attacks on current board members. If Ms. Stone would write out a speech without all the extra garbage and read it word-for-word, then people would understand what her goal is. The way it is now--her entire time at the podium is too confusing. After a couple of minutes, people shut down and don't want to hear anymore.

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Sandy Klein

7:18 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

PART 2 -
As for her family, her husband gets involved and argues about how wonderful she is and when her son got on the message board of a local newspaper and began posting terrible things about posters, and then said to one of them, "Why don't you come to my house and say that", the poster replied with, "Do you always invite strange men to your home?" That was it - she accused him of being a pedophile, spent months trying to get the paper to reveal his identity, went to court, etc. When someone else who disagreed with her accidentally bumped into her at a crowded little league game, she went to the police to file a complaint. And now this nonsense about someone trying to attack her. It might be comical if she wasn't so needy and vindictive.

Her antics at the podium while others tried to speak make her look like she's in an SNL skit. Obviously there's something going on there - she doesn't exhibit normal behavior.

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Sandy Klein

7:27 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Ed, great points - thank you for making them.

Regarding the acrimony, please understand that the rambling, the pontificating, the bragging about how superior her thoughts are over those of everyone else was something we had to put up with ad nauseum during her short tenure on our village board. Our board got nothing done just trying to deal with this whacky high maintenance, self-serving narcissist - she hijacked every meeting. She accused some of them of trying to keep important damaging information from the public and drove some board members either to doctors or to retiring from the board. We drove her out with her votes yet she insists she was wrongfully ousted.

Mark Bushey

12:30 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The whole board should just walk away when she starts talking. The audience will follow.

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Sandy Reeves

9:53 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Think before you speak folks. You all sound like BULLIES. Is this what you are teaching your children?

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Sandy Klein

7:13 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

This from a person who claimed we were all supporters of pedophiles just because we disagree with the bad behavior of the Stones. Oh, Erica. The irony is galling.

Grand High Exhalted Mystic Ruler over all Racoondom

10:23 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."

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Boris the Animal

10:38 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Boris is NOT a bully. He has just appointed himself in charge of the entire situation as it is so out of hand. Please never question Boris

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RELENTLESSCRITIC

12:00 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Erica- Can't speak for anyone else, but that's not what I'm teaching my kids. I'm too busy teaching them to think critically and be able to spot phonies and poseurs no matter how much they self-promote. I'm also teaching them to make good decisions based on facts, not innuendo and baseless bluster. And finally, we're spending lots of time talking about the importance of character- including things like humility, apologizing for mistakes, not bragging, being honest and serving others. The ongoing Stone soap opera has provided us with some high quality, real-life teachable moments about what happens when people don't do some of the things mentioned above.

Seems like there are some people on here whose parents didn't cover these topics with them, and now they may not be covering them with their own children. Based on many of your previous comments, I suspect your parents may have missed a few things with you. Or maybe you were distracted by shiney objects and didn't pay attention.

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Mark Bushey

8:01 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Erica, calling people supporters of pedophiles is also hurtful and can be considered bullying. Then again, with the wussification of America, everything is considered bullying.
No we are are not teaching our children to be bullies. We are teaching our children to think for themselves and not listen to a bunch of crap coming out of people's mouths. And not to look up to bull-s***ers like Mrs. Stone.
It was obvious that he had no intent to strike Ms. Stone. Her and her ambulance chasing husband have the mindset of "let's make anything a crime/lawsuit." We as a nation have become so friggin' sensitive, that she could actually convince the courts that there was a crime if she tried, which is pathetic. 20 years ago, the cops would have laughed at her.

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