A representative for a citizen advocacy group took Plainfield Park District Executive Director Garrett Peck to task for criticizing outspoken residents on Wednesday — just moments before Peck and president Peter Hurtado had one of those residents booted from a park board meeting.

"Is it a policy of this board to belittle the public to discourage public participation?" Judar said, asking that the "offensive language" be removed from the website immediately. As of Thursday morning, the letter, which includes links to documents containing the residents' names and home addresses, was still posted to the site.

Polito, who has been an outspoken critic of recent decisions by park board members, was asked to leave after she made a comment during a board discussion on whether permits should be required for dog park users. Hurtado replied that if she continued, he would have to ask her to leave, and she answered, "You can ask." Saying she was "disturbing the meeting," Hurtado then asked her to leave, and had Peck call the police. Polito left after two Plainfield officers arrived.

She isn't the only resident to be removed from a park board meeting in recent months. In May, Jim Racich — who serves on the Plainfield village board with Peck — was asked to leave after attempting to speak during public comment. Hurtado objected, saying residents had to sign up in advance if they wanted to make a comment at the meeting; Racich said he was unaware of the signup sheet and attempted to speak anyway.

Like Polito, Racich was escorted out by police. "This is the democratic process — you're seeing it," he said as he voluntarily left the boardroom.