Richard Young’s vision of a memorial in front of the courthouse that would remind people that members of the Armed Forces over the years are the reason our system of government exists was fulfilling Thursday morning. The Chicago Tribune created … Continue reading
Category Archives: Monument
In this March 4th press release from Richard Young, Initiator and Coordinator of the Purple Heart Monument and Purple Heart County Designation, explains the background of the monument to be dedicated August 7th. McHenry County became the first of 102 … Continue reading
These $16,000 Crystal Lake City Council-approved Tax Increment Financing District boundary markers were made for advertising. Unfortunately, the west wind-blown snow has obliterated the message of whomever is advertising today. The advertiser should ask for his or her money back. … Continue reading
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley originated the idea of plastering ads on city monuments. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel implemented the fund raising effort. First out of the box was one for the Bank of America. It was put on a stone pillar … Continue reading
Channel Two broadcasts into McHenry County. Maybe CBS would pop for an institutional ad on the four $16,000 TIF monuments on Route 14. = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck of a Guy blogster Allan Showalter. … Continue reading
If a hockey team can win the Stanley Cup, surely it has earned enough money to pay for ads on Crystal Lake’s four Virginia Street Tax Increment Financing District stone monuments. = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck … Continue reading
With the contract problems between owners and players, the NBA might be looking for institutional advertising. What better place that the four $16,000 Virginia Street Tax Increment Financing District boundary markers? = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck … Continue reading
What a perfect ad to place on Crystal Lake’s $16,000 credit-financed TIF monuments: one for MasterCard. = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck of a Guy blogster Allan Showalter. … Continue reading
Coca-Cola has deep pockets. Maybe the company would help pay the $16,000 that the TIF District monuments each cost on Crystal Lake’s Virginia Street. = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck of a Guy blogster Allan Showalter. … Continue reading
Of course, if it were a contested Crystal Lake City Council election, the Council members up for re-election might not want to remind people to cast ballots, if they voted for the monument Tax Increment Financing District expenditures. And, it … Continue reading
Public service announcements don’t bring in any revenue to help pay for the four $16,000 monuments, but they would establish that ads could be purchased. = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck of a Guy blogster Allan Showalter. … Continue reading
If men arrange to ask their fiancés to marry them on billboards and electronic signs in baseball parks, why not with an ad on Route 14’s TIF District monuments? And, it could help pay for the four $16,000 stone pillars. … Continue reading
Crystal Lake used to get a lot of money from sales taxes? To keep the dollars flowing, the Crystal Lake City Council voted to hike the city’s rate by 75%. Advertising shopping opportunities in the city might help repay the … Continue reading
If the Crystal Lake wants to pay off the $64,000 that the four Virginia Street Tax Increment Financing District stone pillars cost, maybe car manufacturers would be a place to try to sell ads. = = = = = Photoshopping … Continue reading
Yesterday, I suggested that maybe the Crystal Lake City Council could recoup some of the $64,000 it spent of our money on four stone monuments telling people they were on Virginia Street. I say “our” money because the $16,000 apiece … Continue reading
Besides increasing parking fees and fining people $100 for speeding past a camera, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel has come up with an idea that might work in Crystal Lake. He suggests selling space on public places, such as bridge monuments. … Continue reading
“I wonder how much the first lawsuit’s going to be for.” That’s what one person said about the blocking of the sight line from the Pizza Hut parking lot. At least when the snow from last February’s blizzard blocked views … Continue reading
The first one I saw was near Pizza Hut. What was it? It looked like it belonged in a cemetery. Friday, I learned city officials actually call them “monuments.” On the monuments is the Crystal Lake City emblem or symbol: … Continue reading
I claim no knowledge that the Crystal Lake City Council might be contemplating another Tax Increment Financing District east of the one altering the “streetscape” between the stone cemetery monuments at Pizza Hut and across the street from Kwik Kopy. … Continue reading