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Barrington Hills Ex-Mayor Martin McLaughlin may be gone but he is not forgotten.

The Village of Barrington Hills Zoning Board of Appeals held a special meeting last month. Its one agenda item was to grant a Special Use Application (Non-Commercial Event Facility) to the Sanfilippo Estate:

Barrington Hills - Zoning Board of Appeals - Special Meeting

The Sanfilippo Estate is located on the sort of 25MPH country lane where no one expects to see a theme park.  A Special Use Application would grant the Sanfilippo family a zoning variance on uses of their estate:

Barrington Hills - Zoning Board of Appeals - Special Meeting

For the Record, during the past 5 years, Sanfilippos have donated a total of $15,000 to Martin McLaughlin:

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Note to Ops: It's good to be the Ex-Mayor.