Someone Gets It!

According to the Elburn Herald, a concerned resident spoke out at a recent Kaneville Township meeting. This resident stated that he didn't mind if his house was incorporated, but please don't incorporate my sod farm.

Now this person is someone who gets it. His name is Mr. Bill Dunteman, and he expressed perfectly a piece of advice this blogger has expressed publically for the past six weeks.

Mr. Dunteman went on to say that if Kaneville incorporates his farm they would be "leaving tens of millions of dollars on the table that could go to the school district."

Tens of millions of dollars is a whole lot of money for future taxpayers to have to recoup in property taxes. And, Mr. Dunteman is correct. That predicted level of loss could occur from the development of a single large farm or two.

"Incorporate homes, don't incorporate farmland" is simple and sound advice. I applaud the residents of the future village of Kaneville for listening to Mr. Dunteman, and agreeing to discuss their proposed boundaries for incorporation further.