Lakewood Marks Its Territory Anew

An almost completed Lakewood Village entrance sign on Lake Avenue. Cost - $8,400. Paid for by Lakewood taxpayers.

Crystal Lake monument marking the eastern edge of the Virginia Street TIF District. Cost - $16,000. To be paid for by every property owner in McHenry County.

The old signs marking Lakewood’s municipal boundary were wooden and not in good shape.

So, following in the footsteps of the Crystal Lake stone masonry monument builders, the Lakewood Village Board authorized new village signs last September.

Total cost not to exceed $16,800.

No negative votes.

Early last week I noticed a hole being dug just beyond Gate 3.

By the time I got a photo, the stone framing had been erected.

Saturday, I noticed a completed sign on Huntley Road next to the bike path Hal McKinney got approved while on the village board so Country Club Road could never be extended west.  Didn’t have a camera with me though.

When I asked if it would be fair to say that each sign cost $8,400, I was informed that would be “an accurate statement.”

That’s much less than the Crystal Lake City Council paid for its monuments marking the edge of the Virginia Street Tax Increment Financing District.

They cost $16,000 each.


Comments

Lakewood Marks Its Territory Anew — 2 Comments

  1. Monument building is a sickness of rampant out of control government and it’s spreading rapidly.

    Some causes of this affliction are: runaway taxation, the lust of governments to have more than the next one, bragging rights by certain officials, the need to ‘keep up with the Jones’, stupidity and some less obvious or hidden causes.

    Ninety nine point nine percent of the time it seems to be contagious to people who have been elected to kingship or queenship positions.

    Sometimes those positions will be called mayor, city father or council member, county board member, governor, etc..

    In almost all cases this plus other afflictions come right after spend, spend, spend syndrome.

  2. Get down on ‘All Fours” lift your leg and say “Cheese” for Cal’s camera.

    This would truly represent how your elected officials are marking YOUR tax dollars ‘Territory!’

    Talk about @issing money away!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *