Everybody knows that the county jail is full. Another referendum this fall, same as two years ago, will ask voters to approve a 1/2-cent hike in the local sales tax–a “public safety” tax–to fund expansions to jail-related programs and services. What’s plain is that the decision had to be made about whether we are going… Continue reading The Airlines & the Jail
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Another Jail Referendum? Really?
Déjà vu. DeKalb County Board is considering placing a proposed sales tax increase on the ballot next spring, for…an improved jail. “What I plan to do is on the county board meeting on Dec. 17 is to review where we’re at with the jail expansion and some options for where we might go, one of… Continue reading Another Jail Referendum? Really?
A Second Reason to Leave the $45 Million Bond Issue to the Voters
When the airline fuel “order acceptance centers” settled in Sycamore (about 2004 give or take) it effectively doubled the County’s sales tax revenues to $4 million. Now the county will have money coming in from the County Home TIF that the City of DeKalb recently discontinued, and I was just reading in the Chicago Trib… Continue reading A Second Reason to Leave the $45 Million Bond Issue to the Voters