To the Editor:

The residents of Carpentersville have been sold out to a bunch of Chicago mountain bike riders on just a promise. Their promise is to fund, build, regulate, plus police a 5-mile mountain bike trail in a small 25-acre town park. The village of Carpentersville has not maintained this park area for more than 40 years because of its harsh terrain and access.

CAMBr, a Chicago-based mountain bike club, came into town with a sugar-coated promise to clean up the area that drug dealers, gang bangers and violent criminals use on a daily basis. The Carpentersville Village Board, and especially the president Ed Ritter (his pet project), have overwhelmingly supported it.