The following full-page ad appeared today in the Northwest Herald: The contact email address is McHenryGGA@gmail.com. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tax Districts
The Lakewood Village Board voted 5-1 Tuesday night to allow a small 50-year tax the $55-56,000 annual proceeds of which will be spent to keep the lakes of Turnberry Subdivision clean and clear. This year a Special Service Area (SSA) … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks is the lead sponsor of House Bill 228, but the headline in a press release printed in the Chicago Tribune gives DuPage County’s Ron Sandack the credit. [I originally thought that the article I found in the Tribune … Continue reading
I guess progress is being made. The Northwest Herald did not endorse the creation of a 337 tax district to funnel $9 million more dollars into carrying for the developmentally disabled in McHenry County. (The 337 designation is from the … Continue reading
A email has been sent this morning soliciting parental opposition to State Rep. Jack Franks’ bill to prohibit the collection of more property tax dollars when assessments go down. Apparently Superintendent Donn Mendoza and School Board President Jeff Mason were … Continue reading
When I was over at my state legislators’ offices Wednesday, I was complaining passionately about the way the Crystal lake City Council wasted money on changing the streetscape of part Route 14. That’s a term I first ran into in … Continue reading
There is widespread misunderstanding about the tax process. Today, we won’t look at the assessment part. Instead we will examine what tax districts do to pry more money out of our pockets. News stories talk about levies this time of … Continue reading
No doubt which side of the taxpayer Downstate Republican State Representative Roger Eddy is on. It’s not the taxpayers’. This is the legislator who wanted to loosen the Real Estate Tax Cap in the early 2000’s in order to allow … Continue reading
A Jack Franks’ bill that would prevent most local governments from getting more money in year two than they did in year one if real estate assessments are declining flew out of the House Revenue Committee 6-1 Tuesday. There is … Continue reading
A comment from Allen Skillicorn to my article on the Sun City overlapping tax district inequities prompted an explanation of how tax rates are set by county clerks. Here is Skillicorn’s comment: With a 1 yr average, I assume the … Continue reading
School districts take most of our property tax dollars. It is fair to compare unit districts to unit districts. These are how all schools were originally. During the run-up to the 1870 Constitutional Convention, there was tremendous borrowing by local … Continue reading
A funny thing happened on the way to the end of the calendar year. The Consumer Price Index has been decreasing. It’s still up 1.1% for the last twelve months. That is probably enough to earn an “Oh, BLEEP!” from … Continue reading
A funny thing happened on the way to the end of the calendar year. The Consumer Price Index has been decreasing. It’s still up 1.1% for the last twelve months. That is probably enough to earn an “Oh, BLEEP!” from … Continue reading