College Continues Stonewalling on Baseball Stadium Financing

College officials seem convinced that a minor league baseball stadium will generate two-thirds of the revenue to pay back $35 million in debt that its board is about to impose upon us taxpayers. Without a referendum. But MCC officials won’t … Continue reading

College Continues Stonewalling on Baseball Stadium Financing

College officials seem convinced that a minor league baseball stadium will generate two-thirds of the revenue to pay back $35 million in debt that its board is about to impose upon us taxpayers. Without a referendum. But MCC officials won’t … Continue reading

What Was In the County College’s Baseball Stadium Resolution?

OK, I teased you yesterday about what the McHenry County College Board voted on April 26th, but which they refused to give me before the board meeting or for the 14th day thereafter. Here’s what the board members approved in … Continue reading

What Was In the County College’s Baseball Stadium Resolution?

OK, I teased you yesterday about what the McHenry County College Board voted on April 26th, but which they refused to give me before the board meeting or for the 14th day thereafter. Here’s what the board members approved in … Continue reading

So, What Did the McHenry County College Board Authorize on April 26th?

Well, it’s two weeks after the McHenry County College Board meeting that authorized the building of a baseball stadium without any serious public deliberation. The afternoon of the April 26th board meeting, the MCC’s president’s office refused me a copy … Continue reading

So, What Did the McHenry County College Board Authorize on April 26th?

Well, it’s two weeks after the McHenry County College Board meeting that authorized the building of a baseball stadium without any serious public deliberation. The afternoon of the April 26th board meeting, the MCC’s president’s office refused me a copy … Continue reading

New Bureaucratic Rule – Keep Nothing (Important) in Writing

When I saw the following in Tim Kane’s Chicago Tribune article about McHenry County College’s approval without allowing informed public debate—let alone competition–on a new minor league baseball stadium, I said, “Ah, ha.” Read this and tell me what would … Continue reading

New Bureaucratic Rule – Keep Nothing (Important) in Writing

When I saw the following in Tim Kane’s Chicago Tribune article about McHenry County College’s approval without allowing informed public debate—let alone competition–on a new minor league baseball stadium, I said, “Ah, ha.” Read this and tell me what would … Continue reading

MCC Public Baseball Stadium Approval May Shut Out Harvard Minor League Baseball Stadium Competition

Don’t miss last night’s article about the long-in-the-works, privately financed minor league baseball stadium in Harvard, which would most likely die if McHenry County College approves its tax-subsidized baseball stadium at the MCC Board meeting tonight at 7. … Continue reading

MCC Public Baseball Stadium Approval May Shut Out Harvard Minor League Baseball Stadium Competition

Don’t miss last night’s article about the long-in-the-works, privately financed minor league baseball stadium in Harvard, which would most likely die if McHenry County College approves its tax-subsidized baseball stadium at the MCC Board meeting tonight at 7. … Continue reading

Harvard Baseball Stadium Competition Shut Out; Could Be Shut Down Thursday Night by MCC Vote

I thought there was something very wrong when I first found this clause in a $70,000 McHenry County College contract: “At the completion of the feasibility study and independent review, if the College elects to proceed with the project, the … Continue reading

Harvard Baseball Stadium Competition Shut Out; Could Be Shut Down Thursday Night by MCC Vote

I thought there was something very wrong when I first found this clause in a $70,000 McHenry County College contract: “At the completion of the feasibility study and independent review, if the College elects to proceed with the project, the … Continue reading