There is an alternative to the recreational development of Vulcan Lakes. And this isn’t the first time I have pointed it out. I suggested it October 30, 2005. I don’t think I can improve upon that over two year old … Continue reading
Category Archives: Vulcan Lakes
To its credit, the Northwest Herald has covered the one week between the announcement by Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and his city council majority of a major tax hike and the announced final vote with more than one story. … Continue reading
Despite promising not use its condemnation powers to obtain land from the Vulcan Lake/Route 14 Tax Increment Financing district, the Crystal Lake City Council voted Tuesday night to pay Vulcan Materials $120,000 an acre to settle such a suit. $1.8 … Continue reading
Despite promising not use its condemnation powers to obtain land from the Vulcan Lake/Route 14 Tax Increment Financing district, the Crystal Lake City Council voted Tuesday night to pay Vulcan Materials $120,000 an acre to settle such a suit. $1.8 … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald is running an article about the Vulcan Lakes Tax Increment Financing district. Although Mayor Aaron Shepley promised there would be no condemnation of property in the Vulcan Lakes TIF district, there was. And eminent domain court action … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald is running an article about the Vulcan Lakes Tax Increment Financing district. Although Mayor Aaron Shepley promised there would be no condemnation of property in the Vulcan Lakes TIF district, there was. And eminent domain court action … Continue reading
Before Crystal Lake’s City fathers and mothers decided to go into the entertainment business on Vulcan Lake using Tax Increment Financing money, it blew a marvelous opportunity on Pingree Road. I’m talking about the old Crystal Lake Outdoor Theater property. … Continue reading
Before Crystal Lake’s City fathers and mothers decided to go into the entertainment business on Vulcan Lake using Tax Increment Financing money, it blew a marvelous opportunity on Pingree Road. I’m talking about the old Crystal Lake Outdoor Theater property. … Continue reading
Just like Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect is trying to create an entertainment district. Just like Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect is using condemnation powers it got from authorizing a TIF district. In Mt. Prospect, the village authorities are after a home … Continue reading
Just like Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect is trying to create an entertainment district. Just like Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect is using condemnation powers it got from authorizing a TIF district. In Mt. Prospect, the village authorities are after a home … Continue reading
If you wonder why McHenry County Blog is sensitized to Tax Increment Financing abuses, you need go no farther than Elgin. Last Saturday’s Elgin Courier-News ran a front page article entitled,Doubts cast on condos in Elgin It tells of the … Continue reading
If you wonder why McHenry County Blog is sensitized to Tax Increment Financing abuses, you need go no farther than Elgin. Last Saturday’s Elgin Courier-News ran a front page article entitled,Doubts cast on condos in Elgin It tells of the … Continue reading
I thought Crystal Lake was too short for Olympic rowing. That’s what Crystal Lake Rowing Club member Walt Gary said last year. He said the lake would have to be lengthened about 100 meters. Even so, the Northwest Herald thought … Continue reading
I thought Crystal Lake was too short for Olympic rowing. That’s what Crystal Lake Rowing Club member Walt Gary said last year. He said the lake would have to be lengthened about 100 meters. Even so, the Northwest Herald thought … Continue reading
In a meeting of Crystal Lake governmental bodies about the Vulcan Lakes/Route 14 Tax Increment Financing district, which the city council will vote upon next Tuesday at 7:30, its consultant revealed that $115 million is expected to be generated. And, … Continue reading
In Friday’s Northwest Herald is an article about the $23 million that the City of Crystal Lake is scheduled to haul in over a twenty-year period as a result of a proposed Waste Management garbage transfer station to be located … Continue reading
Speaking of the old Crystal Lake Dump, as I do in the post below, I once had a phone conversation with Dick Tracy cartoonist Chester Gould about Gravel Gertie. It was when I was state representative in the late 1970’s. … Continue reading
In the “better late than never” category is the Crystal Lake Park Board’s resolution last night to oppose the city council’s two Tax Increment Financing Districts. Had the board known the rules of the TIF “game,” it is likely it … Continue reading
Introducing himself as the chairman of Citizens Against TIFs, local activist Jim Young stated that he believed the General Assembly made a very serious mistake when it passed the Tax Increment Financing law. “It violates the principles of equity,” the … Continue reading
Over one hour and twenty minutes after the Crystal Lake City Council meeting began, Grade School District 47 Superintendent Ron Miller was the first one to get a chance to offer the first public comments in the Vulcan Lakes/Route 14 … Continue reading