In the course of studying the original gravel mining controversy surrounding Brunner Forest Preserve, a number of other issues came up which led to the decision to broaden the scope of the ongoing study to include “mission drift”, the inherent conflict of interest posed by the Kane County Board members/Forest Preserve Commissioners “wearing two hats”, financial questions, and transparency issues.  To reflect the expansion of the original study scope, the continuing study has been renamed the Kane County Forest Preserve District Study.  This is an update on those issues, and on Brunner Forest Preserve.

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