As the City of Aurora suffers through a deception epidemic and integrity crisis under the Weisner administration's pattern of lies and misrepresentations over multiple scandals, now comes an apparent admission by Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner that his earlier statements about how nobody at the City of Aurora knew about the possibility of Planned Parenthood locating in Aurora aren't exactly true (i.e. they are false).
We already know from Planned Parenthood's court filings they contacted then-Community Development Director Bill Wiet (who is now Weisner's Chief of Staff) and Mr. Wiet has acknowledged he believed the facility proposed on the site was for Planned Parenthood and he forwarded information to the Office of the Mayor.
If you believe the City of Aurora's original explanation, the Community Development Director then just left it to the Mayor's office to deal with and the Mayor's office had some clerical staff attempt to call Planned Parenthood with no success, but neither the mayor nor his assistants nor the so-called corporation counsel knew anything. Just those secretaries and clerical staff were left to run the city.
Now, in a waffle-like "depends on what the definition of 'is' is" type of explanation, this is what Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner says:
"I have never spoken to officials or staff of Gemini Office Development or Planned Parenthood. To my knowledge, nobody advised the city that Planned Parenthood intended to occupy the ENTIRE building and offer abortion services until it became public knowledge in late July."
What? The ENTIRE building? But just PART of the building?
Weisner's statement conveniently avoids coming clean with the people of Aurora on exactly when he knew about the possibility of Planned Parenthood coming to Aurora in any capactity, part of the building or the "entire" building.
With the latest twist of the facts surrounding this controversy, we once again call upon Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner and so-called corporation counsel Alayne Weingartz to stop their misreprepresenations, false statements, lies and forms of deception and speak the ENTIRE truth about what they knew and when they knew it.
Tom Weisner's actions and statements have demonstrated reckless disregard for integrity and honesty. If he can't handle the pressure to tell the truth, maybe it's time (again) to go AWOL.
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State board OK required for surgical center at old Copley
• Documents not filed: Paperwork still pending on owners' plans for long-vacant hospital complex
November 6, 2007
By ANDRE SALLES Staff Writer
AURORA -- According to documents filed with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, the new owners of the old Copley Hospital site plan to use some of the building for an ambulatory surgical center.
But the owners are still working on the paperwork they need to file to get approval from the planning board and start reconstruction.
Pharmacist Raghuveer Nayak and his wife Anita, both from Oak Brook, paid $1.25 million for the old Copley site in February. The complex, some of which is nearly 120-years-old, has sat vacant at the corner of Lincoln and Weston avenues for more than 10 years, while complicated legal battles raged to determine who has the right to sell and develop it.
Mayor Tom Weisner brought the Nayaks to the table, although their names were hidden in a trust throughout the negotiations. The sale, first announced in April of last year, was finalized on Feb. 20, and on March 3, Raghuveer Nayak's company, Aurora Surgery Center LLC, filed a letter of intent with the state Health Facilities Planning Board.
That board must approve any new hospital, surgical center, nursing home or treatment facility before it is constructed. The first step is the letter of intent, according to spokesman Melanie Arnold, though the real meat of the process is the application for a certificate of need.
The certificate of need sets out the cost, square footage and service area for any new project, Arnold said, and must be filed within a year of the letter of intent, or that letter expires. Nayak's letter will expire on March 15, 2008, one year after it was received by the planning board.
Though the state planning board Web site lists Nayak's letter as having been withdrawn, Planning Board spokesman Kimberly Parker confirmed Monday that that listing is in error, and the letter still stands.
Reached Monday, Nayak gave no timeline for the approval process, only saying that his attorneys are still filling out the necessary paperwork for the certificate of need.
"It's a complicated application," he said. "It takes a long time to put it together."
But he said the plans have not changed since March. Nayak still plans to convert 6,940 square feet of the Copley site into a surgical center, similar to the five he already owns -- two in Illinois, and three in Indiana. The facility will have two operating rooms and eight recovery rooms, and will have multiple specialties.
The estimated maximum cost to build the surgical center is $2.33 million, Nayak said.
Ambulatory surgical centers specialize in outpatient procedures. The services offered are usually more involved than those done in a traditional doctor's office setting, but not complex enough to require a hospital stay. These can include knee, shoulder and eye surgeries, and often do include colonoscopies. Ambulatory surgical centers are required to have backup plans to transport patients to hospitals, if needed.
Nayak still plans to turn part of the old Copley site into senior housing, focusing on the Indian population in Aurora. McHenry County-based Revere Healthcare has been contracted to provide development consulting services. Though touted as the public face of the trust for the past year, Revere owns no part of the old Copley site.
The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board has three more meetings scheduled -- in December, January and February -- before Nayak's letter of intent expires.
Okay this story is all about lies. Didn't this Nayak guy say everything was submitted and they were waiting for the state???? Now the State is saying he hasn't submitted anything relevant and has now a couple months to finish?
Liesner and his crony's are all around this City. This is getting too corrupt and the Beacon writes a lame story without calling this guy out.
Here is the fact. Bob Vaughan was in the mayors office; Bob Vaughan got the call; the Mayor told Bob Vaughan that PP was coming because they held big $$ fundraisers for him, Bob Vaughan left the City in a rush (one month before PP "broke").
No one is asking Bob Vaughan what he knew and when. I'm sure they both knew everything.
I read that too in the Aurora Borealis flyer that all residents got last week.
This just proves that Tom Weisner is not a man of his word, is a liar, and will do anything to help his buddies.
What a bunch of crap when he again used his sons affliction to make everyone think he "cared so much about this issue". He will stop at nothing, even using his deceased son as a pawn. What a liar.
This guy is about as low as they come.
There's a story that will break in the near future that will demonstrate just how little the administration cares about employees and their children. It may even draw national attention.
Yeh, we're all supposed to believe the BS Weisner put out. And Clinton didn't inhale; and didn't have sexual relations with ML.
Mark Twain said: There are lies, lies and damn lies. This is a HUGE Damn LIE Weisner and no one is believing it.
After everything, I have to wonder is this guy really corrupt or is he just plain STUPID? It would seem to me that he is just plain stupid and took too much money and made too many promises and now they are all coming back to haunt him.
To think the drive in scandal was just the tip of the iceberg.
Is there anything remotely decent in any of the Mayor's activities ever since he got elected?
Man, this guy lies thru his teeth everytime he opens his mouth.
He's rotten to the core...and guess what? His other cronies probably are, too!
So, Tom is now claiming he didn't know about the ENTIRE building being occupied by Planned Parenthood?
This guy has proven to be liar over and over and over again.
Weisner told everyone when this story first broke he didn't know anything but now we know that's the ENTIRE story.
I love the city's first excuse about how Wiet forwarded the info to the mayor's office and the secretaries on their own called PP but the mayor and his high-paid staff of Vaughan and Chuck Nelson didn't know anything.
Blame on the secretaries.
Hey, I bet the secretaries would do a better job of running this city than the incompetent and dishonest mayor and his buddies.
Weisner lied about the strip mall scheme and land scam with the drive-in. Weisner lied about the true owner of Copley.
You can at least rely on Weisner to lie all the time.
Hey ANON out there, I think if we all identify which ward we are from, that would send a huge message to the mayor.
It would show that many people are fed up with his lies and schemes and lining his pockets with $500 a plate dinners.
BTW: I loved the drive in and I still get sick over all the corruption around it.
"Nayak said for the past six months he has been waiting for approval of his plans for the old Copley site from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which must review all proposals for new health-care facilities. He wants to set up a surgical center and a senior living facility on the Copley site, which he hopes will help the city's Indian population." Friday's Beacon News (I think).
This statement is all a lie; and today's Beacon should have done a better job of showing it. Weisner was bought by this guy for $10,000 and an additional $1,000 from his buddy.
Where is the "for sale" sign at City Hall because Weisner has shown that he is cheap.
Whether it is the situation with the campaign contributor for the old Copley site or the drive-in or Planned Parenthood, I've seen enough of Tom Weisner's pattern to realize it's gone beyond any way he can explain it.
Between the city's violations on the open meetings act and all these acts of deception, I never thought I'd say this, but I trust Planned Parenthood more than I trust Tom Weisner.
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My thoughts exactly.
nevermind...no one listens to anyone in ward 8 anyway!
No sir...I don't like it.
You keep showing this young girl asking why do you lie? Cann't you grownups handle this? Yes, starting with the drive-in openline and everyone else is saying how this administration is corrupt and violating laws but not no one is doing anything to stop it. Get off the couch if you think that illegal things are going on and do something about it. This is getting old and I bet Wisner gets elected again because the people that complain does nothing about it.
This administration is corrupt and devoid of principled leadership... on both sides of the aisle. Look at the state senator who blantantly campaigns at the anti-PP rallies and then embraces the biggest financial backer of Weisner.
Lauzen had Dick Hawks introduce him at his campaign announcement
http://www.lauzen2008.com/article.asp?a=49&p=116
shortly after Hawks hosted a big fundraiser for Weisner. Hawks has given or loaned over $35,000 to Weisner's campaign. Maybe Lauzen should tell his good buddy to really help the pro-life cause and straighten out Weisner... or at least stop raising money for him.
Tom Weisner has never been noted for his honesty.
He is however VERY skilled at discrediting anyone who questions his lack of integrity.
As for integrity-he has NONE!!
But anyone who want's in on the Weisner Gravy Train knows to keep their mouth shut.
11/6/07 8:03 AM
Big fundraiser? Please!
The damn ma and pa local grocery store gave more money to this idiot's campaign.
Oh, and never mind the tens of thousands of dollars both Madigan and Leader Cross pumped into each of the campaigns at the time.
This is something being made of of nothing as far as PP money to Weisner.
I'd look closer at some of the larger unions that gave last time that will not be giving this time along with the obvious lack of interest in this mayoral race by either one of the 2 political parties.
I know the firefighters gave a huge amount first time around for Weisner (over 100K) however, with all the developers knowing that Weisner is on the take; the little $500 a plate fundraiser at 100 tickets sold adds up to an easy $50,000. Who needs those unions now when he's got big time developers buying his favors?
All this storm over something that is of little long-term or short-term importance. So what if PP comes to Aurora? SO WHAT!?
Family planning is a legal activity.
Gambling is a legal activity.
Tom Weisner is doing a very fine job of balancing the needs of Aurora's various legal activities.
If you don't like the activity--find enough people to pass a law making it illegal.
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