U-46 board urges Bartlett to end TIF district

Elgin-area School District U-46 board members want Bartlett to end its special downtown tax district so the school district can collect nearly $500,000 in much-needed tax dollars, officials said.

[Snarkie]

500k is a meer drop in the bucket for the u-46 debt. They should be focusing on the things they can do without standing there with their hands out waiting for free $ they can burn through.

[TIF to be tied]

Snarkie wrote:

500k is a meer drop in the bucket for the u-46 debt. They should be focusing on the things they can do without standing there with their hands out waiting for free $ they can burn through.

100 % ture - but the TIF district still needs to end. This was Melcherts slush fund - it ran it's course...

[toni]

if they got rid of the ILLEGALS and anchors babies U46 would be fine..

[TJF]

U46 needs the money to continue supporting Connie Neale's retirement lifestyle.