McHenry County Blog

I don't know why I read part of the Sunday Tribune's real estate section, but this is the Lakewood Homes full page ad caught my attention. If you click on the image, you can read the text at the bottom:

The world has changed a lot since my grandfather and father
built homes. But some thinkgs haven't changed. Owning a good home,
in a good neighborhood with good schools (emphasis added)...giving our children the
same opportunities our parents gave us...is still the American Dream. And the best part is...it doesn't have to be a dream.
That's why I build homes.

Buz Hoffman, Lakewood Homes

It looks better in the ad, because the type is centered under his sincere photograph.

And, Hoffman really does something about trying to make sure good schools--especially least new school buildings--will be in place for his homebuyers.

Why, he is willing to invest, that is, make contributions of, up to $25,000 in school tax hike committees.

This last six months, I have found a $25,000 contribution to the school tax hike committees in northern Kankakee County, (where he is not even advertising homes for sale, at least in the ad in my edition of the Tribune) and $5,000 to Mikoona.

But, that's not all. Here are past contributions:

$10,000 went to Lake Counmty’s Fremont school tax hike group in both 2001 and 2002.

$25,000 more to Minooka in 2003,

$5,000 to Plainfield in 2000,

$5,000 to District 300’s 2003 tax hike committee,

$2,500 to Osewego in 2002, and

$1,000 to Elgin in 2003

And each contribution to raise your taxes probably cost less than the profit on one townshouse, if industry the profit margin of industry leaders is any indication.