A press release from State Senator Don DeWitte: Elgin Community College, McHenry County College to receive money for repairs Springfield, IL… Millions of dollars in capital funding have been released by the Illinois Office of Management and Budget to community colleges … Continue reading
McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller mailed property tax bills on Friday. Since they didn’t come Saturday, I’m guessing they will arrive in most mailboxes Monday. McHenry County Blog will present some analysis, the first portion of which compares what categories … Continue reading
Shaving a little here, cutting a little there. In trying to balance the disaster of a budget left to him by Democratic Party legislators and ex-Governor Pat Quinn, Governor Bruce Rauner has been making cuts. Last week his Office of … Continue reading
Lot’s of political articles over the Easter Weekend: McHenry Aldermanic Candidate Scott Curry’s Literature Matthew Hardt MCC Campaign Piece FRG College Student Janna Wing Works Precinct on Spring Break Lakewood Trustee Campaign Moves to the Internet Two Billboards for WL … Continue reading
Robert Getz, who is not in the ruling faction of Elgin Community College, sent this email in support of his campaign for re-election: Bob Getz – We Can Do It Better I’ve been your Trustee at Elgin Community College for … Continue reading
Junior college boards certainly like to evaluate themselves. But, not in public. Last year, I went to the beginning of the meeting McHenry County College held with a representative of the Illinois Association of Community Colleges at the Shah Center … Continue reading
Elgin Community College Trustee Robert A. Getz sends out periodic emails containing his views on the the college. The other trustees must be disturbed by them because they seem to have insisted that he include the following paragraph at the bottom: … Continue reading
This comes from Elgin Community College Trustee Robert Getz: Each year, the Trustees from Elgin Community College (ECC) travel to Springfield to participate in the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) Lobby Day. This year’s Lobby Day was April 29, … Continue reading
Last year McHenry County real estate taxpayers were billed $797,419,250.88. This year the McHenry County Clerk’s Office has determined that bills amounting to $809,385,180.76 will be issued. That’s a dollar increase of $11,965,930, a percentage increase of 1.5%. The Property … Continue reading
Robert A. Getz, Trustee at Elgin Community College, sends the following email: “Since my last Newsletter, we have moved forward on the Burlington Project. “If you drive by the land purchased, you will see a sign designating the point where … Continue reading
This past week I have been writing articles about how close various tax districts are to reaching their statutory tax rate limits. The basic information came from a search of the McHenry County Clerk’s tax rate web site. I was … Continue reading
A view of the Kane County elections from a Friend of McHenry County Blog: “Here are a couple of items you may have heard about, including the result of creating a vacancy on the Elgin Community College (ECC) Board of … Continue reading
Elgin Community College Board member Robert A. Getz sends out periodic reports on his take on his institution. I have just seen my first one. As those in District 300 know, their school districts feeds into ECC, rather than McHenry … Continue reading
Indicating these are not the salad days for teachers’ unions is the settlement reached between the Elgin Community College Board and its faculty. It’s not a “no raise” situation, even though there will be no increase in base pay. The … Continue reading
In 1989, I was standing next to State Rep. Delores Doederlein on the House floor the night that the Hoffman Estates Tax Increment Financing District for Sears was passed. As the debate neared its end, she asked me if I … Continue reading
In the “politics is everywhere” category is what happened to me at the Elgin swim meet. One of the McHenry Marlins’ swim Dads introduces me to Darwin Adams, a candidate for the Elgin Community College Board. He’s a retired Streamwood … Continue reading
Thomas Kaltenecker was appointed Instructor of Culinary Management, Executive Chef, by the McHenry County College Board last month. He was Assistant Manager at Panera Bread in Crystal Lake since 2008 and also serves as a part-time instructor at Elgin Community … Continue reading
Thursday the Elgin Courier-News and McHenry County’s Northwest Herald both featured junior colleges as a low cost way to go after high school. But what a difference three generous millionaires made in McHenry County—at least for the McHenry County College … Continue reading
Some of the same people who participated in the TEA Parties may show up outside the Elgin Kiwanis Club meeting noon Tuesday at the Highlands Golf Course, described as “a Public Golf Course Supported by Elgin Taxpayers,” to peacefully protest … Continue reading
“Ax your tax” seems to have been the sentiment of most tax hike referendum voters in McHenry County this election. Voters in this recession were not kind to tax district officials’ requests for referendums to raise taxes on April 7th. … Continue reading
