Two of the investors in the Waukegan casino group showed up in Crystal Lake to make a pitch for and won the approximately $115 million Vulcan Lakes Tax Increment Financing district development. One of them, sitting before the Crystal Lake … Continue reading
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Two of the investors in the Waukegan casino group showed up in Crystal Lake to make a pitch for and won the approximately $115 million Vulcan Lakes Tax Increment Financing district development. One of them, sitting before the Crystal Lake … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commissioner Carolyn Schofield sent me the following about why she is running for the city council. (Any other candidate in McHenry County will be accorded the same opportunity to speak for themselves. The email address … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commissioner Carolyn Schofield sent me the following about why she is running for the city council. (Any other candidate in McHenry County will be accorded the same opportunity to speak for themselves. The email address … Continue reading
Ed Vrdolyak is pleading guilty Fast Eddie has slowed down. Completely. He’s in his seventies and, like other older pols who have admitted to violating federal law, his run is over. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Judge Milton Shadur … Continue reading
Ed Vrdolyak is pleading guilty Fast Eddie has slowed down. Completely. He’s in his seventies and, like other older pols who have admitted to violating federal law, his run is over. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Judge Milton Shadur … Continue reading
As I mentioned in the first article I wrote on the subject, it would have come earlier had I not had a Cub Scout meeting to attend the night that Bill Cellini made his successful pitch to be the TIF … Continue reading
As I mentioned in the first article I wrote on the subject, it would have come earlier had I not had a Cub Scout meeting to attend the night that Bill Cellini made his successful pitch to be the TIF … Continue reading
When the Reconnaissance Hotel opened in Springfield, it was the pride and joy of Bill and Julie Cellini. I remember reading she did the interior decorating. You can see her taste every time you see the flowers in the entry … Continue reading
When the Reconnaissance Hotel opened in Springfield, it was the pride and joy of Bill and Julie Cellini. I remember reading she did the interior decorating. You can see her taste every time you see the flowers in the entry … Continue reading
One of the arguments made by Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and his majority on the city council for the 75% city sales tax increase was that the city would use $3 million of the money to relocate the Main … Continue reading
One of the arguments made by Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and his majority on the city council for the 75% city sales tax increase was that the city would use $3 million of the money to relocate the Main … Continue reading
You may remember I was not at the October 10, 2006, Crystal Lake city council meeting when Mayor Aaron Shepley and his city council colleagues picked Bill Cellini’s consortium to take on the over $100 million Vulcan Lakes Tax Increment … Continue reading
You may remember I was not at the October 10, 2006, Crystal Lake city council meeting when Mayor Aaron Shepley and his city council colleagues picked Bill Cellini’s consortium to take on the over $100 million Vulcan Lakes Tax Increment … Continue reading
This past weekend, Crystal Laker John Coonen unleashed his brain on the Vulcan Lakes development via the 75% Crystal Lake sales tax hike. (No, he didn’t use the “75% sales tax hike” phrase; that’s mine.) Since then, he has “tightened … Continue reading
This past weekend, Crystal Laker John Coonen unleashed his brain on the Vulcan Lakes development via the 75% Crystal Lake sales tax hike. (No, he didn’t use the “75% sales tax hike” phrase; that’s mine.) Since then, he has “tightened … Continue reading
Crystal Laker John Coonen has two solutions of what to do with Vulcan Lakes. They follow: I HAVE TWO ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS: 1. SELL THE PROPERTY, make it taxable, and collect property taxes on it. 2. FILL IN VULCAN LAKE so … Continue reading
Crystal Laker John Coonen has two solutions of what to do with Vulcan Lakes. They follow: I HAVE TWO ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS: 1. SELL THE PROPERTY, make it taxable, and collect property taxes on it. 2. FILL IN VULCAN LAKE so … Continue reading
There is an alternative to the recreational development of Vulcan Lakes. And this isn’t the first time I have pointed it out. I suggested it October 30, 2005. I don’t think I can improve upon that over two year old … Continue reading
To its credit, the Northwest Herald has covered the one week between the announcement by Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and his city council majority of a major tax hike and the announced final vote with more than one story. … Continue reading