A letter to the Northwest Herald, reprinted with permission of its author, Steve Willson: Affordable Housing My Foot! Regarding the recent story in the Northwest Herald (Woodstock’s Prairie View Apartment Community Changes Hands; February 12, 2019). I’ve been in the municipal bond … Continue reading
Category Archives: Stephen Willson
In the “Here we go again” category is consolidation of schools. These comments by Lakewood’s Steve Willson stimulates me to re-post the analysis I did seven years ago under his reflections: I’m so tired of this “consolidate the schools” argument. … Continue reading
In reply to Steve Willson’s comments on State Rep. David McSweeney’s bill to allow voters to abolish their township government through a petition and referendum process, commenter “KnownExtremist” offers the following: I do have an opinion on townships and I … Continue reading
Stimulated by a Northwest Herald editorial extolling the future of Northern Illinois University, Lakewood bond analyst Steve Willson penned the following: NIU’s Decline Is Inevitable On September 20, 2018, the Northwest Herald ran an editorial (“Our View: NIU enrollment declines not irreversible or … Continue reading
Submitter Chastises Reporting in Concise Letter to the Editor The following letter to the editor from today’s Northwest Herald is was published here with the author’s permission: To the Editor: If employment in the U.S. dropped by 2 percent, it … Continue reading
A comment from “Just Some Guy:” Steve – While I agree that everything you’ve said sounds correct statistically, in my opinion, we need to dig deeper in the analysis and additionally we need a chart showing the traffic load for … Continue reading
Commenter “Pro” wrote: “Figures from the McHenry County Division of Transportation show that, even at rush hour, traffic on Randall Road at Algonquin does not exceed capacity, nor has traffic on that part of Randall grown in more than twelve … Continue reading
From Steve Willson, bond analyst from Lakewood, on what might happened if unit districts were formed to replace grade and high school districts: In addition to the new combined district paying salaries at the higher contract rate, there is the … Continue reading
Here is Steve Willson’s latest contribution: Thanks for the graphic and the caption, Cal. After looking at it, I’m more doubtful than before that change=improvement. Let’s be clear: the two-part, turn-right, turn-left intersection at 176 & 47 is stupid. It … Continue reading
Give credit to the Northwest Herald for publishing this Letter to the Editor from Crystal Lake Library expansion critic. It is published with author Steve Willson’s permission: Editor: Did you know the CL Library bought six pieces of property for … Continue reading
An analysis of the need for improving the intersection of Randall and Algonquin Roads by bond analyst Steve Willson, a resident of Lakewood: Randall/Algonquin: How Big and How Much? The decision as to whether or by how much the Randall/Algonquin … Continue reading
The following was prepared by Steve Willson: Crystal Lake Library Facts The Crystal Lake City Council recently voted to put a $30 million [advisory] referendum on the November ballot. The referendum is for a brand new, bigger library. Here are … Continue reading
The following is from Lakewood bond analyst and political activist Steve Willson and appeared first as a comment under the article “NWH Herald Editor Has Doubts about Spending $100 Million to Widen Randall Road.” To the County Board: There is … Continue reading
From Lakewood bond analysis Steve Willson: The Most Basic Question About the MCC Capital Project All of the arguments made by administration at MCC to justify the science labs/health careers labs project fail to address THE most fundamental question: Will … Continue reading
After Lakewood bond analyst Steve Willson’s talk during the public comment section of the McHenry County College Board meeting, the Trustees took no action. You can read Willson’s comments in the article “Steve Willson Urges Closrer Examination Before MCC Board … Continue reading
Steve Willson’s comments to the McHenry County College Board on May 26, 2016: First, I want to be clear that my comments are not to the whole board but only to the supporters of the proposed capital project. Second, my … Continue reading
The McHenry County College Board is scheduled to meet tonight at 6:30 to discuss facility need for science labs/health careers. The only story written so far on the subject, published last Friday, can be found here. A critique by Steve … Continue reading
The following was written by Lakewood’s Steve Willson: Randall Road and the Job of the County Board 1. The job of the County Board The job of the County Board is NOT to RATIFY staff recommendations. The job of the Board is … Continue reading
Tuesday, McHenry County Blog published the survey on which the County is requesting input that will be used in preparing the 2030 Plan. Reader Steve Willson took exception. You can read what he said below: What an incredibly vapid document. … Continue reading
Below is Part 3 of the rebuttal from Lakewood bond analyst Steve Willson’s critique (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) to the “Corrections” paper about the critique issued by anonymous McHenry County College officials: Rebuttal to MCC’s “Corrections in Response to McHenry County … Continue reading