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It was last April when I noticed that the decorative street lights financed by the Virginia Street Tax Increment Financing. Look at the ones you see in the photo below, taken on a good day in November, 2011. Then compare … Continue reading
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Here’s the response to my request for information about the decorative Route 14 street lights paid for with money from people all over McHenry County through the Virginia Street Tax Increment Financing District: … Continue reading
A year and a half ago in November of 2011, Crystal Lake city officials gathered in McCormick Park to dedicate the improvements along Virginia Street financed by that street’s Tax Increment Financing District. Among the improvements were low and high … Continue reading
Saturday morning it was foggy. How foggy? Take a look at the water tower in McCormick Park next to the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce Building. In the foreground you can see one of the ornamental street lights financed by … Continue reading
The Route 14 Tax Increment Financing District expenditures come from everyone in McHenry County. That’s the way TIF projects work. Cities like Crystal Lake borrow money to pay for marginal projects and everyone in the county gets to pay for … Continue reading
It looks like one of those old time gas street lights, doesn’t it? But it’s not. It’s styled to look that wa, but it was just installed in front of the Crystal Lake Park District administrative building on East Crystal … Continue reading
It looks like one of those old time gas street lights, doesn’t it? But it’s not. It’s styled to look that wa, but it was just installed in front of the Crystal Lake Park District administrative building on East Crystal … Continue reading