No one thought it worth the money to challenge McHenry County under the Lockbox Constitutional Amendment when Jack Franks took half the salary for his new patronage employee Oliver Serafin from the County Highway Department. See Half-Paid from McDOT Funds, Franks Patronage Worker … Continue reading
Category Archives: MFT
Tim Peters of the Illinois Department of Transportation writes that MFT funds are distributed to local agencies in the following breakdown: 49.10% goes to the municipalities – apportioned in proportion to population; 16.74% goes to the counties having a population … Continue reading
Each month each McHenry Township gets a share of Motor Fuel Taxes from state government. The distribution formula has money going to municipalities, counties and townships. The share for cities and villages is based on population, as is the sare … Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Illinois Leaks: Algonquin Township -“Salt Gate” – Motor Fuel Tax laws violated BY KIRK ALLEN ON DECEMBER 10, 2017 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) –When the government takes your money in the form of taxes, use of that … Continue reading
The City of Crystal Lake was among the local governments that invested in the Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund. $22.3 million, according to the Chicago Tribune’s research (which can be seen here). The original loss was estimated to be $618,204. Now, … Continue reading
John Reichert and the Chevy Volts he drives and sells in Woodstock are part of the reason that Federal and some state and local officials are looking at forcing motorists to have devices that will measure how far they drive. … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog discovered how much State Motor Fuel Tax is sitting in Woodstock available for township road commissioner’s to use. You can read the township by township breakdown of MFT funds waiting to be claimed below: … Continue reading
The preferred routes to southeastern McHenry County may change for cheapskates like me when they drive to and from Chicago. That’s because the Pat Quinn Administration’s tolls at the Route 31 Exit will almost double from 40 cents to 75 … Continue reading
First we get a 67% income tax hike, compliments of Democratic Party Governor Pat Quinn. Now, his minions on the Tollway Board are proposing an 88% (I round up) hike in tolls. No one has had the audacity to make … Continue reading
That’s the headline of Tribune reporter Jon Hilkevitch’s article about Chicago State Senator Martin Sandoval’s press conference taking on the disproportionately low proportion share of Motor Fuel Taxes that the Chicago metropolitan area has been getting since 1999. As I … Continue reading