How many weekends has it been that Northwest Herald editor Chris Krug has been making favorable comments about a taxpayer- supported minor league baseball stadium? Maybe it’s time for a retrospective. First, on October 21st, it was Next stop for … Continue reading
How many weekends has it been that Northwest Herald editor Chris Krug has been making favorable comments about a taxpayer- supported minor league baseball stadium? Maybe it’s time for a retrospective. First, on October 21st, it was Next stop for … Continue reading
You would think the Northwest Herald would have been hounding McHenry County College for last fall’s $70,000 feasibility study on the baseball stadium as much as McHenry County Blog has. It would seem to be a First Amendment issue to … Continue reading
You would think the Northwest Herald would have been hounding McHenry County College for last fall’s $70,000 feasibility study on the baseball stadium as much as McHenry County Blog has. It would seem to be a First Amendment issue to … Continue reading
Well, well, well. The Top Secret, Hush, Hush feasibility study on how a minor league baseball stadium can pay for 36% of the cost of the proposed McHenry County College The original construction cost of the stadium was to be … Continue reading
Well, well, well. The Top Secret, Hush, Hush feasibility study on how a minor league baseball stadium can pay for 36% of the cost of the proposed McHenry County College The original construction cost of the stadium was to be … Continue reading
I read the minutes (click to enlarge) of the October 4th McHenry County College meeting last week and was struck with the misrepresentation of the public comments made. Here’s what the minutes say about Barry Glasgow’s scathing criticism of the … Continue reading
I read the minutes (click to enlarge) of the October 4th McHenry County College meeting last week and was struck with the misrepresentation of the public comments made. Here’s what the minutes say about Barry Glasgow’s scathing criticism of the … Continue reading
I found this headline in the Chicago Sun-Times. It was under the face of Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stoeger. “TRUST ME” it says in big bold letters. It applies not only to Stroeger in his lust for higher taxes, … Continue reading
I found this headline in the Chicago Sun-Times. It was under the face of Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stoeger. “TRUST ME” it says in big bold letters. It applies not only to Stroeger in his lust for higher taxes, … Continue reading
On October 4th, the date of the last McHenry County College board meeting, I asked for copies of the meeting handouts from no-bid $400,000 oversight and coordination guy Mark Houser of Equity One and no-bid construction management company FCL Builders‘ … Continue reading
On October 4th, the date of the last McHenry County College board meeting, I asked for copies of the meeting handouts from no-bid $400,000 oversight and coordination guy Mark Houser of Equity One and no-bid construction management company FCL Builders‘ … Continue reading
Hire Mark Houser of Equity One. That’s what McHenry County College did for its new baseball stadium and health and fitness center. It’s old news that Houser’s $70,000 consulting contract study convinced McHenry County College to build a baseball stadium. … Continue reading
Hire Mark Houser of Equity One. That’s what McHenry County College did for its new baseball stadium and health and fitness center. It’s old news that Houser’s $70,000 consulting contract study convinced McHenry County College to build a baseball stadium. … Continue reading
Well, at least in the back of the room and talking in city hall’s hall. The man who apparently convinced McHenry County College officials to play ball with his fellow promoters and their associates attended last Wednesday’s meeting of the … Continue reading
Well, at least in the back of the room and talking in city hall’s hall. The man who apparently convinced McHenry County College officials to play ball with his fellow promoters and their associates attended last Wednesday’s meeting of the … Continue reading
After I ran the references to the scholarly articles on the chances of success for baseball stadiums, I filed a Freedom of Information request with McHenry County College. I asked for “copies and citations of any scholarly articles that back … Continue reading
After I ran the references to the scholarly articles on the chances of success for baseball stadiums, I filed a Freedom of Information request with McHenry County College. I asked for “copies and citations of any scholarly articles that back … Continue reading
McHenry County College can’t build its planned minor league baseball stadium with permission from the Illinois Community College Board. There is such an approval letter ready to be sent. A concerned McHenry County citizen has written ICCB president Geoffrey Obrzut … Continue reading
McHenry County College can’t build its planned minor league baseball stadium with permission from the Illinois Community College Board. There is such an approval letter ready to be sent. A concerned McHenry County citizen has written ICCB president Geoffrey Obrzut … Continue reading
