Woodstock Chamber saves building

Just in time .... the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce saved its building on the Square from a tax sale on November 19. It paid its 2011 Tax Bill. It paid late, but it paid.

McHenry County got its dough on October 31

Who knows? Maybe my October 25th article reminded them that the tax bill was collecting dust in some corner. Most people know that money is not saved by delaying payment of a tax bill; it is spent... increased ... wasted.

I wonder how many of the Board members knew the property tax bill was unpaid and that the Chamber was risking the loss of its building in a tax sale. Were they planning a last-minute rescue? Did one company step forward with a big cash infusion to save the Chamber's neck from the County Treasurer's noose? Did the Chamber borrow money to pay its property tax bill?

Members certainly won't learn from the Chamber's online newsletter. The most recent edition is still the September 2012 edition. That's the one that shows an October 10th All-Member Meeting scheduled at BMO Harris Bank - the infamous meeting that "wasn't scheduled", according to an announcement on the Chamber's website on October 10.