Eight acres and a sign. Crystal Lakers got $90,000 for a parking lot for a bike path next to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks between Crystal Lake and Woodstock out of the 2001 $68.5 million McHenry County Conservation District bond … Continue reading
Satruday’s Chicago Tribune story about how Kane County snagged $1,360,000 to purchase farm development rights reminds me of a story I have not written. I vocalized it to a member of the McHenry County Conservation District staff shorting before MCCD’s … Continue reading
Satruday’s Chicago Tribune story about how Kane County snagged $1,360,000 to purchase farm development rights reminds me of a story I have not written. I vocalized it to a member of the McHenry County Conservation District staff shorting before MCCD’s … Continue reading
The McHenry County Conservation District board continued its practice of buying property about as far away from the population center as possible. This time, using state grant money, according to a Northwest Herald article by Jenn Wiant, the Conservation District … Continue reading
The McHenry County Conservation District board continued its practice of buying property about as far away from the population center as possible. This time, using state grant money, according to a Northwest Herald article by Jenn Wiant, the Conservation District … Continue reading
Earlier this spring I picked up on a comment to the Northwest Herald in which political and fund raising consultant John Coonen suggested folding the Crystal Lake Park District into the City of Crystal Lake. Coonen continues his campaign to … Continue reading
Earlier this spring I picked up on a comment to the Northwest Herald in which political and fund raising consultant John Coonen suggested folding the Crystal Lake Park District into the City of Crystal Lake. Coonen continues his campaign to … Continue reading
As I mentioned below, my household has been cut off the Conservation District tax hikers mailing list. I guess I’m just too predictable. Show me a tax district trying to increase its tax take by 27%, as the MCCD is, … Continue reading
As I mentioned below, my household has been cut off the Conservation District tax hikers mailing list. I guess I’m just too predictable. Show me a tax district trying to increase its tax take by 27%, as the MCCD is, … Continue reading
For those who have heard me talk about or read my views of how the McHenry County Conservation District has treated the Crystal Lake area, as defined by Grade School District 47’s boundaries know, I think the Crystal Lake area … Continue reading
For those who have heard me talk about or read my views of how the McHenry County Conservation District has treated the Crystal Lake area, as defined by Grade School District 47’s boundaries know, I think the Crystal Lake area … Continue reading
The McHenry County Conservation District has on its web site a list of what it has purchased since 2001. You know my parochial interest in MCCD’s lack of expenditures in the area covered by Crystal Lake Grade School District 47. … Continue reading
The McHenry County Conservation District has on its web site a list of what it has purchased since 2001. You know my parochial interest in MCCD’s lack of expenditures in the area covered by Crystal Lake Grade School District 47. … Continue reading
