McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller has increased the interest income of McHenry County over the last four years. On her web site, one can see the following graphics: … Continue reading
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The following information was compiled from 2017 reports to the Illinois State Comptroller by a Friend of McHenry County Blog. … Continue reading
While this has been published before, it is so startling that I thought it deserved a post all by itself. As stated before, a Friend of McHenry County Blog put this data together from an official state education spreadsheet. McHenry … Continue reading
A Chicago Triune editorial featured a Woodstock family who moved to Colorado: Donald Felz, a lifelong Illinoisan who retired from a utility company in 2016, says a sinking home value and taxes drove him and his wife, Debi, out of … Continue reading
Today, let’s look at what McHenry County Townships appropriated, as reported to the State Comptroller in 2017 reports: Thanks to a friend of McHenry County Blog for compiling the information. … Continue reading
With the first installment of McHenry County property tax bills being due today at McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller’s office or a local bank, McHenry County Blog presents three years of tax levies for virtually all tax districts collecting money … Continue reading
As of July 1, 2017, McHenry County was the only county in the Chicago metro area to gain population since 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The total is up 1,150 from 2010 to a total of 308,760 in … Continue reading
I was comparing liabilities to assets for township governments in McHenry County using the State Comptroller’s local government information. The reason is that some opponents of allowing voters to abolish township government by referendum say that county government would have … Continue reading
Here it is: McHenry County Residents Should Be Allowed To Dissolve Their Townships A bill in the Illinois legislature would allow McHenry County residents to dissolve their townships. Government consolidation is a key priority for the BGA and the bill … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Runer: Gov. Rauner announces Opportunity Zones US Treasury certifies 327 Economic Opportunity Zones in Illinois CHICAGO (May 18, 2018) Gov. Bruce Rauner today announced that 327 Opportunity Zone census tract recommendations submitted by the … Continue reading
There are not a lot of park districts in the United States. In fact, I know of none outside of Illinois. McHenry County has five. They tend to attract people who think recreation is the biggest “good” in government. They … Continue reading
Here are the statistics on how Fire Protection Districts had on McHenry County tax bills: Fire Protection Districts Alg-LITH FPD $7,821,097 $8,702,042 11.3% $8,886,661 2.1% Barrington … Continue reading
Look what city councils and village boards in McHenry County have asked to extract from your pocketbook for the last three years: Cities and Villages Algonquin $4,176,673 … Continue reading
This summarizes McHenry County tax bills this year: McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller mailed property tax bills on Friday. They reached our mailbox Monday. McHenry County Blog will present some analysis, the first portion of which compares what categories of … Continue reading
Looking at an email from the Better Government Association, I found an endorsement of State Rep. David McSweeney’s House Bill 4637, of fifteen bills the organization is supported. The email describes the bill like this: HB 4637: Allows the board … Continue reading
McHenry County Libertarians will be holding their monthly meeting at the Rib House on Route 176 at the Crystal Lake Rib House, 540 E Terra Both Kirotta (Route 176) on Tuesday night. Dinner, conversation and drinks will begin at 6:30. … Continue reading
McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller mailed property tax bills on Friday. Since they didn’t come Saturday, I’m guessing they will arrive in most mailboxes Monday. McHenry County Blog will present some analysis, the first portion of which compares what categories … Continue reading
I needed addition advice on how to find a copy of my family’s tax bill on the McHenry County Treasurer’s web site. The bill went from $9,988.26 last year to $10,033.66. That’s an increase of 0.46%. [Thanks to Alabama Shake for pointing … Continue reading
Chick here and you can find your tax bill. Here’s our family’s showing what tax districts charged this year: Here’s a pie chart showing where our taxes went: … Continue reading
Yesterday, the United State Environmental Protection Agency took McHenry County off its ozone nonattainment list. The US EPA didn’t put who counties on the list; just certain zip codes. As I remember the fight over state legislation requiring vehicle emission … Continue reading