Wow, this is rally meaningless, someone need to get a life!

294 separate businesses and just over $622,000.

Hell, that amount alone could pay his salary for almost 8 years.

Nice to see that Sears could make a donation on their way out of business.

Absolutely disgusting!

How much money does he need?

And you try to tell me that he and the others are not beholden to these contributors.

I will be cross-referencing this list for future purchases.

TY to who did all the work.

Ever wonder what Thelen Sand & Gravel got for their $18,900?

Maybe the ability to have the Village of Lakemoor annex 176 acres of McHenry Township farmland, woodlands and meadows so Thelen could expand their operations and begin mining RIGHT NEXT to the backyards of people in McHenry Township without the least bit of opposition to Lakemoor’s actions from McHenry County.

Of course Thelen has also been generous with Campaign contributions to other politicians who should have been protecting the interests of the unfortunate people in McHenry Township (i.e. Althoff, etc.)

Boycott them!

I will never dine at Crandall’s again!

PS: I don’t like greasy chicken anyway!

My wife does, but now we have a splendid reason never to go again.

Thanks for publishing this!

dentbla: you are the meaningless poster!

Are you paid by Franks?

Jude Schmidt head of the Marengo Library Board. Dujmoich is also a middle school board member.

Very disappointed in some of these railroad contributions.

Is that even legal?

I am printing this too. what a disappointment.

This is great work and so grateful that it’s been done.

It’s a target list.

Bibleboy,

Your church is tax-exempted, right?

Asking for a friend.

In addition, it is good to remember that so-called Republicans like Pam Althoff and Barb Wheeler were openly touting to business and others that the LIAR was more Republican than some Republicans.

Just recently look at how Tryon and Koehler totally ignored the current GOP and worked with the LIAR to replace Wilcox on the County Board.

The LIAR appears to have had the McHenry County old guard GOP in his pocket for a long time.

This past election should provide adequate evidence that the LIAR has one goal: Make the Democrat Party a majority in McHenry County.

Alliance Contractors:

Several ownership entities show up on public records in relation to The untaxed parcels of land across from Walmart in Woodstock, included in TIF 2: Amcore invstmnt grp NA 1703,and 1st Natl bank 1705, Ruth, Alliance Contractors, Cheers Holdings LLC., but all seem to have a common thread.

The land encompasses:
1. Vacant large build-able acreage across from Woodstock Walmart, zoned commercial or industrial, paying zero property taxes (without any public records on Treasurer Site, but Athena GIS lists past 5 years of zero taxes), PINs 13-16-126-009 through 13-16-126-019.
Exception is parcel 13-16-126-014 which has buildings on it: land assessed at $44,000 EAV (also seems to apply to parcel -013, which also has buildings on it but is not taxed).
Land area Roughly the size of WALMART lot (13-16-201-008) assessed $800,000 EAV. Adjacent to American Community Bank (13-16-128-001),perhaps 1/10th the area, land/lot assessed at $209,000.

2. Just north of these vacant parcels are Alliance Contractors parcels.
reading PINs South to North :
13-09-351-018 Mail to Alliance Contractors 1st Natl Bank Tr 1705 Land EAV $16,453 Total EAV $138489
13-09-351-017 Cheers Holdings LLC Land EAV $56664 Total EAV $116530
13-09-351-016 Cheers Holdings LLC Land EAV $44790 Total EAV $103588
13-09-351-015 Amcor 1703 Mail to RUTH INVESTMENTS LP 1166 LAKE AVE WOODSTOCK Land EAV $17721 Total EAV $17,721
13-09-351-014 Amcor TR 1703 MAIL TO RUTH 1166 LAKE AVE WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Land EAV $21,122 Total EAV $49347
This is land and buidings and parking zoned improved commercial across from industrial zoned property adjacent north of Walmart, PIN 13-09-376-014 (Owner MLCFC 20077 LAKE AVE LLC Mail to LNR PRNTRS LLC 1601 WASHINGTON AVE STE 700 MIAMI, FL 33139).
That property looks like no more than 133% area of Alliance property, across the street.(NOT including the property Alliance appears to own directly across from Walmart (which is Alliance land taxed at zero on vacant parcels)).

The assessed Land EAV for MLCFC property (which sold for $12,850,000 in 2007) is $313,772. The Total EAV for that property is $933240.

The assessed Land EAV for Alliance Contractors property (listed above) is $156750.

Martin, don’t try to push the divisive notion of D v.R

It is the political class v. taxpayers.

The political class includes them all.

It is high time for action, any legal action whatever, in self defense against this predatory sociopath political class.

Susan, you read my post carelessly. The point of what I wrote is that businesses feel the need to contribute to whomever is in power, regardless of the party affiliation -or lack thereof – on either side. Read it again.

Re: ” many steps beyond the reversal of the Citizens United decision.”

Absolutely!

It would end the use of taxpayer dollars given to public sector unions to elect ‘union friendly’ candidates.

Citizens United simply leveled the playing field.

If you are a resident of Illinois, tell me you have no problem with your tax dollars being sent to Alaska.