We now know that the Crystal Lake Library Board has spent $2 million buying up property around the library for the big new building the public keeps turning down. (See Crystal Lake Library and Real Estate Company.) My FOIA requests … Continue reading
Not much notice, but the people in favor of borrowing $30.1 million to build a new Crystal Lake Library at the corner of West Crystal Lake and McHenry Avenues are asking the City Council to put another referendum on the … Continue reading
The following letter from bond analyst Steve Willson, was published originally in the Northwest Herald. It is re-published below with permission from the author: Questionable Contributions Editor: Many years ago it was common for investment banks to contribute to local … Continue reading
Haven’t seen anything like this since the Woodstock School bond referendum committee received tens of thousands of dollars from the builder on the south side of town which went under in the housing recession. Architects Engberg Anderson wants to do the … Continue reading
After a long and secret retreat, the McHenry County College selected the architectural firm of Demonica Kempter Architects (DKA). (Fortunately, I brought three newspapers and a new science fiction novel to read while waiting in the hall.) The firm was … Continue reading
The McHenry County College Board has released an agenda for Saturday’s top secret, hush-hush retreat that includes a public meeting afterward to select the architect discussed at length at its last regular meeting. (Detailed article here.) No decision was made … Continue reading
