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
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The following was written by Steve Stanek. His experience with Tax Increment Financing Districts goes back at least as far as the one then-McHenry Mayor Pam Althoff championed and probably further since the life-long McHenry County resident has been tracking tax increment … Continue reading
When McHenry Mayor Pam Althoff was pushing a Downtown Tax Increment Financing District, resident Steve Stanek, son of former Mayor Joe Stanek, was in opposition. It’s been a long time since then, but Stanek is still not a fan of … Continue reading
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
McHenry’s Steve Stanek is really disturbed about his city council’s having given a huge tax break to Gary Lang Auto Group. I could re-write his missives, but I’ve decided to let you read them as I did. Stanek is a … Continue reading
McHenry’s Steve Stanek is really disturbed about his city council’s having given a huge tax break to Gary Lang Auto Group. I could re-write his missives, but I’ve decided to let you read them as I did. Stanek is a … Continue reading
“If George Ryan gets out of prison because of Dick Durbin or any other politician, it will send yet another message that political connections defeat honestly, justice and fairness in government. “Ryan treated us citizens with criminality and contempt. He … Continue reading
“If George Ryan gets out of prison because of Dick Durbin or any other politician, it will send yet another message that political connections defeat honestly, justice and fairness in government. “Ryan treated us citizens with criminality and contempt. He … Continue reading
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
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
McHenry resident Steve Stanek has done considerable research on how stadiums affect communities and has come up with a doozy. Look what he’s found: Supporters of a professional baseball stadium at McHenry County College need to look at Seattle, where … Continue reading
McHenry resident Steve Stanek has done considerable research on how stadiums affect communities and has come up with a doozy. Look what he’s found: Supporters of a professional baseball stadium at McHenry County College need to look at Seattle, where … Continue reading
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
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
Yesterday’s article about Steve Stanek’s presentation to the McHenry County College Board concentrated on how baseball stadiums are money losers for taxpayers. Today’s is about convention centers. Much the same is true for convention centers. I bring this up because … Continue reading
Yesterday’s article about Steve Stanek’s presentation to the McHenry County College Board concentrated on how baseball stadiums are money losers for taxpayers. Today’s is about convention centers. Much the same is true for convention centers. I bring this up because … Continue reading
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
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
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
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