McHenry County Blog

At the risk of boring readers on news which the long-standing media outlets apparently do not consider important, I report that yet another homebuilder has decided it is in its best interest to contribute less than the profit on one home to help convince you to raise your taxes.

March 2nd, DHR Cambridge out of Libertyville paid $10,000 to the tax hike committee. That’s the homebuilder that got an agreement from District 300 to build a charter school. (The developer told Investor’s Business Daily that it did so as “part of a ‘quality of life package’ that people are looking for.”)

It advertises “Excellent Schools” for its Winding Creek Subdivision in Algonquin.

Read here for information about how many homes Cambridge will have to sell before it makes its first $10,000 (really the profit margin per home).

In addition, Testing Service Corporation of Carol Stream gave $1,000 on March 1st. It says it “specializes in a broad range of professional sub-surface study and field testing/observation services.” It also notes, “Since 1954, countless architects, engineers and developers throughout the midwest have relied on our expertise for private sector residential developments…”

The Northwest Herald’s Allison Smith previewed the developer contribution in her article during the end of January. The next day, McHenry County Blog reported on developer contributions to District 300 tax hike committees since 2000. (Cambridge gave $5,000 in 2003.)

Here’s an article about other developers who have contributed to the District 300 tax hike effort. And, here’s other districts’ tax hike committees to which Cambridge has contributed.