Below are some raw statistics from the McHenry County Clerk’s Office concerning real estate tax rates for this year and last. The tax rates have been rounded to the nearest cent, except for the case of governmental units levying less … Continue reading
Here’s what it looks like for my Algonquin Township part of Lakewood: MCHENRY COUNTY – $1.00 per $100 of assessed valuation (up from 79 cents per $100 – this must include the 708 Board Mental Health tax) MCHENRY CO CONSV … Continue reading
Andrew Gasser, a Republican Precinct Committeeman from Fox River Grove has been active in his opposition to the referendum to hike taxes $60-$90 a year (the cost for $200-300,000 homes). He was even interviewed by the Chicago Tribune for its … Continue reading
Just talked to Fox River Grove Republican Precinct Committeeman Andrew Gasser and he told me that his hosting service has had to take his web site down because there had been 20,000 attempts to break into it. Since he is … Continue reading
This was in the Daily Herald Tuesday: “DuPage County homeowners can expect to pay more property taxes to school districts and other local governments, even though land values continue to plummet. “The overall value of land in DuPage decreased last … Continue reading
As I have reported in November, there’s an attempt to create a tax district similar to the 708 Board to serve the developmentally disabled population of McHenry County. The problem, as I have pointed out, is that the 708 Board … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog chides me and other local medias for not informing pe0ple of the 377 Board tax hike on the April ballot. Here’s what I have written so far (click on the title): McHenry County Board … Continue reading
I asked newly-re-elected Algonquin Township Supervisor Dianne Klemm for her views on taxes She replied, “I will do the very best I can to keep the levy flat and not raise taxes. “I will not make a promise I may … Continue reading
The Cook County Treasurer’s Office has put online all sorts of financial information that was previouisly virtually impossible to a taxpayer to find. Let’s look at the Home Rule municipality of Barrington Hills as an example. Let’s look at the … Continue reading
Part 2 of the Chicago Tribune said about Lakewood’s alternative revenue bond purchase of what is not called RedTail Golf Club: Lakewood is featured as one of the villages “where bets backfired on taxpayers…where taxpayers should have been protected form … Continue reading
On January 6, 2013, right on the top of the Sunday Chicago Tribune, there was an expose that should send warning flares up about the alternative revenue bonds that the majority of the McHenry County College Board seem set to … Continue reading
A press release from Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore: Grafton Trustees Tax to the Max At the January meeting of the Grafton Township Board, Supervisor Linda Moore proposed keeping taxes constant, but Trustees LaPorta, Murphy and Zirk refused to second … Continue reading
An email from Algonquin Township Clerk Marc Munaretto, who is running against incumbent Supervisor Dianne Klemm for that office: “Here is some information about the Township’s financial stewardship under Supervisor Klemm that might be interesting to your readers. “Did you … Continue reading
After the November meeting of the Algonquin Township Board, I wrote this article about how taxes would be increased, even though the levy approved was the same as the year before. Monday, Township Supervisor Dianne Klemm put an item on … Continue reading
This is the season that taxpayers should be attending municipal meetings. It’s when village trustees, city councilmen and aldermen decide how much to raise your taxes next year. I almost added “if any” to the above sentence, but raising taxes … Continue reading
From the Way Back Machine comes a 1968 envelope and real estate tax bill that I mailed in 1968 when I was McHenry County Treasurer. Next to the six cent metered postage is the following message: Here’s what the envelop … Continue reading
Five, count them. Five mailings arrived in the David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) vs. Dee Beaubien (Ind.-Madigan) campaign on Thursday and Friday. You can see them below: Beaubien has a piece from Personal PAC, the pro-abortion organization. It emphasizes something McSweeney … Continue reading
That’s what Supervisor of Assessments Robert Ross emailed me in September: “The Department of Revenue has indicated McHenry County assessments must go down approximately 9 percent in 2012.” Now comes my Algonquin Township assessment notice and guess what it says? … Continue reading
Kane County has done McHenry County one better. Under the leadership of outgoing County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay, the Kane County Board passed a levy that was the same as last year’s extension. Because there is additional assessed valuation, that … Continue reading
Dateline April 17, 2012. Finance and Negotiations Committee, McHenry County College. Trustees Dennis Adams, Ron Parrish, Carol Larson present, Barbara Walters absent. President Vicky Smith and Chief Financial Officer Larry West. The minutes tell of West explaining that “the College … Continue reading
