Steve Stanek Fills Folks In on Local TIFs

The op-ed piece, originally published in the Northwest Herald, is published here with the permission of author Steve Stanek: McHenry’s Steve Stanek’s Take on Tax Increment Financing Districts The Huntley Outlet Center was supposed to send a flow of tax … Continue reading

Steve Stanek Writes Lead Letter in Chicago Sun-Times

Here’s what McHenry resident Steve Stanek wrote the Chicago Sun-Times about those folks in Springfield To the editor: “Down in Springfield, it’s fool-the-taxpayer time,” the Sun-Times wrote (“If this is reform, what’s with the loopholes?” editorial, May 29). When is … Continue reading

Another Re-Run: "Questions to MCC Board and 3rd Party Reviewer of MCC Baseball Stadium Promises"

If you attend the McHenry County College Board meeting tonight at 6 PM or read a story about it, see how many of the questions that I asked to be answered and handed to the Economics Research Associates folks get … Continue reading

Another Re-Run: "Questions to MCC Board and 3rd Party Reviewer of MCC Baseball Stadium Promises"

If you attend the McHenry County College Board meeting tonight at 6 PM or read a story about it, see how many of the questions that I asked to be answered and handed to the Economics Research Associates folks get … Continue reading

Borrowing 20-Year Money – Risks Versus Potential Benefits

The Heartland Institutes’s Steve Stanek addressed the McHenry County College Board on Monday night about the advisability of baseball stadiums and convention centers. In the first article about his remarks, Stanek told how baseball stadiums are money losers for taxpayers. … Continue reading

Borrowing 20-Year Money – Risks Versus Potential Benefits

The Heartland Institutes’s Steve Stanek addressed the McHenry County College Board on Monday night about the advisability of baseball stadiums and convention centers. In the first article about his remarks, Stanek told how baseball stadiums are money losers for taxpayers. … Continue reading

Steven Stanek Criticizes McHenry County Board Convention Center Idea

A cogent critique from Steve Stanek on the McHenry County Board’s efforts to build a convention center, in my opinion: So, McHenry County leaders want a baseball stadium/multi-use complex. Consider these words: “[F]or economic development purposes, sports stadiums and arenas … Continue reading

Steven Stanek Criticizes McHenry County Board Convention Center Idea

A cogent critique from Steve Stanek on the McHenry County Board’s efforts to build a convention center, in my opinion: So, McHenry County leaders want a baseball stadium/multi-use complex. Consider these words: “[F]or economic development purposes, sports stadiums and arenas … Continue reading

Steve Stanek Continues To Try to Get the Northwest Herald to Report Both Sides of the McHenry County College Baseball Stadium Story

McHenry’s Steve Stanek shared two email attempts to persuade the Northwest Herald to provide balanced coverage on McHenry County College’s attempt to put a baseball stadium in Crystal Lake. In the first, sent on November 21st, Stanek finds an issue … Continue reading

Steve Stanek Continues To Try to Get the Northwest Herald to Report Both Sides of the McHenry County College Baseball Stadium Story

McHenry’s Steve Stanek shared two email attempts to persuade the Northwest Herald to provide balanced coverage on McHenry County College’s attempt to put a baseball stadium in Crystal Lake. In the first, sent on November 21st, Stanek finds an issue … Continue reading