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Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 8:24:40

I am in the area this weekend for a wedding. Even in the two years since I was here for another wedding, I see new housing and retail sprawl. You might think the state was booming.

I have to say that when I drive around, things are pretty generic and uninteresting. That field that used to be farmland is now a retail complex like you see everywhere. At least it sure beats the look and feel of decline.

The IL imbeciles are considering a 3% millionaires surcharge?

Posted by WesMantooth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=WesMantooth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 21, 2026, 19:44:10, in reply to "Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't"

These democrat controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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OMG

Posted by WesMantooth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=WesMantooth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 23, 2026, 9:47:32, in reply to "The IL imbeciles are considering a 3% millionaires surcharge?"

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These democrat controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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It failed to pass the full house. Idiots*

Posted by WesMantooth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=WesMantooth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 23, 2026, 9:50:12, in reply to "OMG"

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These democrat controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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FWLIW: I think the IL Constitution prohibits graduated tax rates. *

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 22, 2026, 11:40:36, in reply to "The IL imbeciles are considering a 3% millionaires surcharge?"

They can fuk with deductions, etc. but when push comes to shove it's gotta be the current (4.95%) rate.

I want it higher and with a lower income threshold because it will impair

Posted by fratstud <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=fratstud' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 22, 2026, 9:11:07, in reply to "The IL imbeciles are considering a 3% millionaires surcharge?"
Go Zags!

the Illinois NIL apparatus.

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These democratic controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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"Iowa women were better than Illini men" - Potomac

I hope all NIL contributions are not deductible*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 22, 2026, 9:38:22, in reply to "I want it higher and with a lower income threshold because it will impair"

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the Illinois NIL apparatus.

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These democratic controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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Voters would approve a constitutional amendment?*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 21, 2026, 19:49:51, in reply to "The IL imbeciles are considering a 3% millionaires surcharge?"

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These democratic controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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They didn’t in Washington and still passed it

Posted by WesMantooth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=WesMantooth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 22, 2026, 7:59:25, in reply to "Voters would approve a constitutional amendment?*"

Let the moving vans commence!

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These democratic controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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A compliant, partisan state Supreme Court looked the other way*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 22, 2026, 8:50:44, in reply to "They didn’t in Washington and still passed it"

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Let the moving vans commence!

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These democratic controlled states are so corrupt. And also completely obtuse to the fact it costs them money when they do this.

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I think there are 2 movements happening

Posted by WesMantooth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=WesMantooth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2026, 11:39:53, in reply to "Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't"

Lots of people leaving IL but also a lot of people leaving Crook county and heading for the suburbs because they think it will be better.

The Teekis of the world like to recall when it was poor people they didn’t want anymore leaving. But now the IRS is releasing income data and it’s largely people making 200k+.

That state is so incredibly f#c*ed!

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Heard a usual tale of financial woe for a local community yesterday

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2026, 7:04:31, in reply to "Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't"

One of the guests at the wedding I attended yesterday is an elected official in a community in the region. The town is struggling financially, with many infrastructure needs and little money.

But of course one of the big kickers is pension costs. They have more retired police than active, which is one problem. Somehow some past administrations did not contribute enough to the state fund, and now they must catch up. And you know the rest: they cannot negotiate their own pension agreements suited to the affordability and the wishes of local voters for any public employees. They must accept what the state sets.

And you all familiar with the way school districts work in Illinois know that they have their own boundaries, often going way, way back, with their own taxes. They are not the same as the major town(s). Thus, in this case the town has no option for balancing school budgets against town budgets.

I hope I have the story right.

john fox: “it’s all a problem.”*

Posted by Ari Gold <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Ari+Gold' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2026, 9:10:15, in reply to "Heard a usual tale of financial woe for a local community yesterday"

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Yep, I get over that way on occasion and it’s nuts.

Posted by Learning_and_Labor <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Learning_and_Labor' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 13:44:29, in reply to "Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't"

And also we missed the 90 on-ramp last time because they changed it :/

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I sometimes travel through that area when I return home for visits.

Posted by Lexillini <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Lexillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 11:18:18, in reply to "Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't"
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Dad always remarks about how much it has changed since the 1960s and 1970s. If I recall, he initially worked for the Huntley school district when he first moved to Illinois from Wisconsin.

Guns. Have them.

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.

Socialism is the gospel of envy.

My home town has > 3K more people but no more students than 50 years ago*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 12:19:28, in reply to "I sometimes travel through that area when I return home for visits."

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Dad always remarks about how much it has changed since the 1960s and 1970s. If I recall, he initially worked for the Huntley school district when he first moved to Illinois from Wisconsin.

Marengo?*

Posted by Lexillini <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Lexillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 20, 2026, 10:22:16, in reply to "My home town has > 3K more people but no more students than 50 years ago*"
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Dad always remarks about how much it has changed since the 1960s and 1970s. If I recall, he initially worked for the Huntley school district when he first moved to Illinois from Wisconsin.

Guns. Have them.

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.

Socialism is the gospel of envy.

Huntley has one of those "Sun City-North" communities, doesn't it?? *

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 8:52:48, in reply to "Illinois is losing people, but the Huntley / Algonquin area sure isn't"

It's out that way somewhere.

it's a Del Webb community, with a golf course

Posted by Pooter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Pooter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 8:54:53, in reply to "Huntley has one of those "Sun City-North" communities, doesn't it?? *"

are you on the waiting list? 😆

I know this because my mom was in a Del Webb development

Life is too short to waste boners

Yeah, I have a relative living there. Very nice, very uniform*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 18, 2026, 8:56:38, in reply to "it's a Del Webb community, with a golf course "

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are you on the waiting list? 😆

I know this because my mom was in a Del Webb development

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