Does Anyone But Me Consider It Strange That the Crystal Lake City Council Is Voting on a Tax Increase to Buy HealthBridge While People Can Still File Petitions to Run Against Them?

The filing period for municipal, school, park, library and fire protection districts started yesterday and concludes Monday afternoon.

What the Public Can See About Crystal Lake’s Purchase of HealthBridge on Tuesday Night

Note in the linked article above that the city only says that the purchase of the $4,2 million HealthBridge won’t raise taxes.

Crystal Lake Mayor Haig Haleblian when he made the pitch for the Crystal Lake Park Board to buy healthBridge. He said it would cost $4.2 million and he already had a commitment of $1 million from an unnamed individual. The park district declined the opportuity.

They is nothing saying taxes won’t be raised to remodel and operate whatever it turns into.

Issuing bonds would mean they would have to be repaid…with interest.

And, the library seems ready to move.

Read the Letter the Crystal Lake Library Sent the Mayor Regarding Moving to HealthBridge

Some readers disagree that a new library is needed.

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Moving Crystal Lake Library to HealthBridge

And the cost has not been made clear.

Questions That Should Be Answered Before the Crystal Lake Council Buys HealthBridge, Including “Shoulf City Taxpayers Be on the Hook to Pay $115 Million over Twenty Years?”

The vote was originally set for next Tuesday, rhe day after the deadline for filing petitions for city council.

That would have insulated anyone running for re-election from challengers that could be motivated by the decision onthe HealthBridge purchase.

I’m sure my Freedom of Information is not the reason for changing the vote today.

Governments are supposed to reply in a week. That was last Thursday.

The city’s Freedom of Informaiton Officer said it would take another week.

Cincidentally, that is two days after the council votes on HealthBridge.