Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Who Wants to Raise Your Taxes in Woodstock? Outside Developers and District 200 Vendors
The Woodstock District 200 tax hike committee--Citizens for District 200--reported today that it has raised $45,356.44 from just fifteen contributors.
83% of the money came from outside of Woodstock, unless you want to count the contributions from District 200 vendors as originating in the pockets of Woodstock taxpayers, which, of course, it did.
Of the $37,650 from out-of-towners, $35,000 (93% of the total) came form just three contributors.
Who could want taxes to go up so intensely that they would contribute chunks of $10,000 and $15,000?
Developers (and a subcontractor).
$15,000 on 2/6 – Kirk Homes' Apple Creek Estates, building a 1000 unit development on Lucas Road. Kirk has donated over 34 acres for a school site.
$10,000 on 1/30 - IHC Construction Companies of Elgin brags about its District 200 (non-referendum) $9.5 million “Life Safety” construction contract, which started last year and continues to this day.
$10,000 on 2/18 - Superior Development, L.L.C., Chicago, was the civil engineer for a 400-acre “conservation design” in unincorporated Woodstock called the Fields of Woodstock. Find the subdivision in section 27 east of 120 and south of Charles Road here. (Enlarge to 200% and your eyes will probably be good enough to read the small print.)
The contributions are huge for a local referendum, but they probably represent less than the profit on one home.
Only one contributor hit the $5,000 average. That was local benefactor Wells Manufacturing Company on 2/26.
The rest are all $1,000 or under. Here are the ones from Woodstock:
$1,000 on 2/14 - American Community Bank, Woodstock
$500 on 2/6 - Caryl Dierksen, Woodstock, a reporter for the Woodstock Independent.
$500 on 2/14 - Frisbie & Lohmeyer, Inc., a Woodstock insurance agency.
$300 on 2/18 - Jack Porter & Associates, an employment recruiter Woodstock. It is also identified as a developer of an 87 unit housing unit.
$250 on 2/14 – James Wormley, Woodstock. Wormley is husband of the Publisher of the Woodstock Independent.
$156.44 on 1/30 - Cash, Miscellaneous.
Here are smaller contributions from out-of-towners:
$1,000 on 1/30 - Fringe Funding, Inc., an Employee benefit brokerage, insurance and consulting firm from Rolling Meadows. Reported in District 200’s minutes of 2-8-5 as being “our district’s benefit consultant.” Reported to have given between $2,500-$4,999 to the District 300 Foundation this school year.
$1,000 on 2/6 - Hodges Loizze (sic, really, Loizzi), et al, Arlington Heights, District 200 legal counsel
$250 on 2/6 - Eric Anderson, 1030 Ponderosa Lane, Barrington
$200 on 2/6 – Northern Illinois Utility Consultants, Rockford, lists District 200 as a client and has a letter of recommendation from the district on its web page.
$200 on 2/18 - Crestwood Custom Homes, Lake in the Hills
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83% of the money came from outside of Woodstock, unless you want to count the contributions from District 200 vendors as originating in the pockets of Woodstock taxpayers, which, of course, it did.
Of the $37,650 from out-of-towners, $35,000 (93% of the total) came form just three contributors.
Who could want taxes to go up so intensely that they would contribute chunks of $10,000 and $15,000?
Developers (and a subcontractor).
$15,000 on 2/6 – Kirk Homes' Apple Creek Estates, building a 1000 unit development on Lucas Road. Kirk has donated over 34 acres for a school site.
$10,000 on 1/30 - IHC Construction Companies of Elgin brags about its District 200 (non-referendum) $9.5 million “Life Safety” construction contract, which started last year and continues to this day.
$10,000 on 2/18 - Superior Development, L.L.C., Chicago, was the civil engineer for a 400-acre “conservation design” in unincorporated Woodstock called the Fields of Woodstock. Find the subdivision in section 27 east of 120 and south of Charles Road here. (Enlarge to 200% and your eyes will probably be good enough to read the small print.)
The contributions are huge for a local referendum, but they probably represent less than the profit on one home.
Only one contributor hit the $5,000 average. That was local benefactor Wells Manufacturing Company on 2/26.
The rest are all $1,000 or under. Here are the ones from Woodstock:
$1,000 on 2/14 - American Community Bank, Woodstock
$500 on 2/6 - Caryl Dierksen, Woodstock, a reporter for the Woodstock Independent.
$500 on 2/14 - Frisbie & Lohmeyer, Inc., a Woodstock insurance agency.
$300 on 2/18 - Jack Porter & Associates, an employment recruiter Woodstock. It is also identified as a developer of an 87 unit housing unit.
$250 on 2/14 – James Wormley, Woodstock. Wormley is husband of the Publisher of the Woodstock Independent.
$156.44 on 1/30 - Cash, Miscellaneous.
Here are smaller contributions from out-of-towners:
$1,000 on 1/30 - Fringe Funding, Inc., an Employee benefit brokerage, insurance and consulting firm from Rolling Meadows. Reported in District 200’s minutes of 2-8-5 as being “our district’s benefit consultant.” Reported to have given between $2,500-$4,999 to the District 300 Foundation this school year.
$1,000 on 2/6 - Hodges Loizze (sic, really, Loizzi), et al, Arlington Heights, District 200 legal counsel
$250 on 2/6 - Eric Anderson, 1030 Ponderosa Lane, Barrington
$200 on 2/6 – Northern Illinois Utility Consultants, Rockford, lists District 200 as a client and has a letter of recommendation from the district on its web page.
$200 on 2/18 - Crestwood Custom Homes, Lake in the Hills
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I was wondering how the "Citizens for Dist. 200" (voluntees?) could have such an expesnive campaing going. Now I know its funded by the Builders and Developers. The same people that have a monetary interest in the passing of the referendum. The Builder that is working on the 9 million dollar repair and update problably would like to construction manage the 100 million in proposed new construction. The developers now have a stong marketing tool for the sales of their new homes. The only problem is the cost for the new schools should come from the new construction. Raise the impact fees for schools to represent what the the true cost of growth is.
The price tag that the dist 200 board put on the referendum is based upon projections for the next decade. If you use the last five unpresidented years as a benchmark for growth then their research is flawed. This year interest rates are raising and the real estate market is cooling. Let the developers be the speculators and not the tax payer.
Howard Hall
Woodstock
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The price tag that the dist 200 board put on the referendum is based upon projections for the next decade. If you use the last five unpresidented years as a benchmark for growth then their research is flawed. This year interest rates are raising and the real estate market is cooling. Let the developers be the speculators and not the tax payer.
Howard Hall
Woodstock
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