Pat Carey, Lake County Board member, and former mayor of Grayslake (she hired Larry Herzog to be Police Chief!) was the featured speaker at the November 16th meeting.
Many issues were covered in the course of the presentation, to include:

1.  Property Tax policy review
2.  Forest Preserve policy and expansion
3.  Road construction projects
    a.  Rt 45 from Rt 137 to Rt 120
    b.  Rt 45 from Rt 120 to Washington
    c.  Rt 21 (Milwaukee) from Rt 137 to Rt 120
    d.  Rt 120 Bypass
4.  Cornerstone project at Peterson and Rt 83 - industrial, office, and residential mix
5.  County H1N1 vaccine shortage
6.  Lake County budget - $500M balanced budget
7.  eNewsletter available on her website