Thursday, March 20, 2008

Crystal Lake Tax Hike Passes, Will The Raise Help The City Or Create More Empty Spaces?

Link: McHenry County Message Board

Well, sorry to say all you CL resident’s out there, you will have to spend more of you hard earned dollars. The City of Crystal Lake is raising the sales tax to a whopping 7.75% as of July 1st! Why is the sales tax going up? The politicians’ pockets are empty! Seriously, here are some excuses:



  1. The Vulcan Lakes Project (What happened to the money that was set aside for this project long ago?)

  2. Senior Center

  3. Resurfacing city streets (Are we talking actually resurfacing or more Mickey Mouse fills?)

  4. Four new police officers and a community service officer (With or without mental problems?)


And a few others.


How about Crystal Lake’s current dilemma? I wonder how the stiff tax increase will help fill these voids? Take a look:







The old CL Walmart is supposed to house JCPenny. Just look at all these empty fronts. Downtown Crystal Lake is pretty bad. The Toy Connection is one of the latest shops to close. I know there are more empty spaces than this, it is all I had time to take pictures of.


I guess we will have to wait and see how the extra income will benefit the city. Will Vulcan Lakes ever be built? Will we all be driving on much smoother roads? Or, will we see CL officials spending taxpayer money on more lavish dinners, driving more expensive cars, and  building room additions to their homes?


In the mean time, if you are not happy about the tax increase, you can this take this man’s advise:  Mayor Aaron T. Shepley:



“People can shop at Super Walmart and Menard’s in Woodstock, if they want to.”



Right from the horse’s mouth. This goes to show how much he cares about the Crystal Lake residents.


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