From State Senator Craig Wilcox: Senate Week in Review: February 18 – 22, 2019 Springfield, IL – Illinois’ new Governor outlined his spending plan for the coming year. Meanwhile, while I’m all for bipartisanship, I haven’t seen much of an … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tax
Home Rule is mainly about getting more money into municipal coffers. Another example of this is found in a Rockford Register-Star column by writer Chuck Sweeney: “There’s a related hope that the state’s lawmakers will allow Rockford, a nonhome-rule city, … Continue reading
The Tax Foundation produced a map of the states showing how much individual pay. We’re Number One in the Midwest, except for Minnesota. Illinois – $5,742 Iowa – $4,756 Wisconsin – $4,661 Michigan – $4,008 Indiana – $3,835 Kentucky – … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks posted the following press release after it was published in the Northwest Herald. Franks asked for a meeting right after property tax bills would be received. Problem with that is Franks would have had … Continue reading
In yesterday’s article showing expenditures and revenues for McHenry Townships, McHenry Township was omitted. 2017 data for all seventeen townships are shown below, this time the difference has been calculated. The source is the Illinois State Comptroller’s web site. … Continue reading
The Illinois State Comptroller has a data base contacting information about tax districts throughout Illinois. Today we look at expenditures and revenues for McHenry County’s seventeen townships. From looking at the above figures, one can see that some townships seem … Continue reading
A press release from Jason E. Kern, RPL, ENP, Executive Director of the Southeast Emergency Communications (SEECOM): IL APCO, INENA Call for Governor Rauner’s Approval on Crucial 9-1-1 Funding for Illinois SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (June 4, 2017) – The Illinois Chapter of … Continue reading
A press release from Republican Party McHenry County Board Chairman candidate Mike Walkup: Jack Franks set to vote for massive tax increase on sale of McHenry County Farms Mike Walkup, County Board member and candidate for Chairman of the Board … Continue reading
This came from District 6 McHenry County Board candidate Ersel Schuster. As I commented in an earlier article, “None of those pontificating on the subject of Valley Hi, myself included, have all of the current and intricate information necessary to … Continue reading
An email came commenting on the stories about people moving from Illinois: l’ve found a bit of irony in the posts on your blog recently about people leaving Illinois. My wife and I are leaving soon, never to return. We … Continue reading
There were several speakers during public comments period of the Woodstock School Board on Tuesday night. Most centered on the high property tax rate in Woodstock affecting seniors, low income renters, and driving home prices even lower. One speaker wondered … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce: Upcoming Townhall on Sept. 24th Crystal Lake: The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Town hall meeting featuring representatives from the McHenry County Board District 155 District 47 Crystal … Continue reading
Even though the McHenry County Nursing Home (Valley Hi) had $40.8 million in the bank at the end of July and a budget of only about $10-11 million a year, the County Board is moving toward taxing another $3 million. … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board has provided a really, really good health care program for its employees and themselves. It is so good that the magazine Governing features McHenry County, along with Boston, in an article about the extra cost imposed … Continue reading
An op-ed piece in the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday by Chicago Alderman George Cardenas argues that suburbanites who work in the city should be charged $200 a year for the privilege. “The citizens of Chicago cannot and should not continue to … Continue reading
A number of local business have filed suit against the City of Crystal Lake claiming that its Council didn’t have enough people voting in favor of the ordinance it passed in December of 2013. The plaintiffs cite a state law … Continue reading
A description of what’s happening in Algonquin Township by Trustee Larry Emery: Algonquin Township REDUCES 2014 Levy Yes Virginia, government CAN reduce their taxes. The Algonquin Township board voted unanimously (4-0) to submit the Town Fund to be 1% lower … Continue reading
The most recent newsletter from Nunda Township (the Fall/Winter Edition) reports the following: TAXES: Nunda has just posted the tax levies for 2014/2015 tax year. There will be NO increases to our tax levies. They are all exactly the same … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board Tuesday night voted to levy approximately the same amount as it has for the last three years. Foregoing the opportunity provided by state law to increase its tax take by 1.5%, the rate of inflation, the … Continue reading
Thanks to McHenry County Board member Chris Jenner, you can now contact individual Trustees without the Administration’s being able to read your email. You can tell them whether you want the levy to remain flat, that is, at the level … Continue reading