Rural Woodstock resident Susan Handelsman offer the following summary of Lakewood’s Tax Increment Financing District: Lakewood TIF Timeline: 1.Late 2014-Early 2015; Lakewood announced plans for, and voted into existence, a 600+ acre tif district which would include a Sportsplex on … Continue reading
From Susan Handelsman, the woman who started the Woodstock School District 200 opposition to the Lakewood Tax Increment Financing District: Lakewood TIF Litigation Evidently the Chairwoman of school district 200 board [Camille Goodwiin] has unilaterally decided to negotiate with Lakewood, … Continue reading
Lakewood’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District is on the agenda of the Woodstock School District Tuesday. Here’s the posting: Approval of Resolution Authorizing Lawsuit against the Village of Lakewood Seeking Dissolution of the Illinois Route 47 and Illinois Route 176 … Continue reading
Rural Woodstock’s Susan Handelsman has prepared a critique of Woodstock School District 200. She compares statistics from the Woodstock School District with those of Huntley’s. Comparing Woodstock and Huntley School Districts D200 Budget Planning Parameters and Assumptions include EAV [Equalized Assessed … Continue reading
One of the few people who follow Valley Hi Nursing Home finances is Susan Handelsman. She wrote the following in a comment, which I think deserves broader readership: Valley Hi has 3 problems 1. Ongoing difficulty finding sufficient CNAs and … Continue reading
Seneca Township’s Susan Handelsman offers the following rebuttal to comments made by School Board President and School Superintendent on D200 school budget and possible consolidation article in NW Herald 9-11-15 by Hannah Prokop. We taxpayers pay 5% property tax and … Continue reading
Its too early to suggest that the photo here represents the future of McHenry County, but with population being down in McHenry County since 2010, while being up in all the other Chicago-area counties, it could be that the County … Continue reading
Lakewood joined the parade of municipalities that want Tax Increment Financing Districts. Since McHenry County Blog was created in reaction to Crystal Lake’s proposal to create the Vulcan Lakes TIF District and since I’m a resident of Lakewood, I felt … Continue reading
This commentary from Susan Handelsman appeared where folks are not likely to find it, so I thought I’d publish it here: We citizens are advised that the only way to survive against marauding tax-raids by our county-level rulers is to … Continue reading
