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J’burg sues bank over subdivision Suit: Refusal to complete improvements places cost on village By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com
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Avery Malueg (from left), 10, Emily Gross, 4, Michelle Malueg and Baeleigh Gross, 6, gather in front of Malueg’s home Thursday in Johnsburg.
Rauner catching heat for pledge
JOHNSBURG – The Malueg family moved into the Whispering Ridge subdivision five years ago – and got their first neighbors three years later. Mike and Michelle Malueg moved their family into the brand-new subdivision in December 2009, about the same time the developer, Saylor and Sons, turned the remaining lots over to State Bank in lieu of foreclosure, according to Michelle Malueg and a let-
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minted homeowners association, officially established within the past couple week with Mike Malueg as its president. The association will be responsible for mowing the common areas and plowing in the winter, something the bank has been taking care of for the past five years, according to the letter. But the village of Johnsburg is arguing that State Bank’s responsibility isn’t over.
See JOHNSBURG, page A4
Historic home up for sale Listed Bull Valley cabin dates to the late 1830s
Promises $1M to credit union on city’s South Side By SARA BURNETT The Associated Press CHICAGO – The wealthy Republican running for Illinois governor is catching heat for pledging $1 million of his personal fortune to a credit union on Chicago’s South Side for loans to small African-American businesses. Bruce Rauner, who’s been courting black voters as he tries to unseat Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn, made the promise during a meeting this week with more than 60 members of an African-American economic development group. “He said ‘I can put up more than $1 million,’ ” said Mark Allen, president of the Chicago chapter of National Black Wall Street. “That’s when the room just erupted. People were saying ‘Do you know what you just said?’ ... He got a standing ovation.” Allen and other members of the organization said the funds will make a world of difference to “mom and pop” businesses struggling to keep their doors open in neighborhoods where jobs are scarce. They also say there was no promise of votes or an endorsement in exchange for the money. But the pledge has raised ethical questions and drawn
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Broker Cookie Lamb turns on all the house lights while showing a Bull Valley home that was just re-listed for $475,000 on Fleming Road. The William C. Rider log cabin, which was built in the late 1830s, encompasses about 800 of the 4,779 square feet listed for sale. By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com BULL VALLEY – All that separates the William C. Rider log cabin from its 4,000-squarefoot addition is a measly 150 years. Both – the pre-Civil War cabin and its 1989 counterpart – were re-listed recently at a total of
$475,000. “I think it’s an amazingly, unusually constructed home with a very diverse collection of artisans and carpenters,” said the owner, Jamie Charles, who now lives in Austin, Texas. “It has a rich history of being one of the oldest structures in McHenry County.” Historians said the house, 1114 Fleming Road,
most likely was built in the late 1830s, but its first owner is unknown. William C. Rider bought the home and the 40 acres surrounding it in 1845 from the U.S. Government Land Office. It cost him $50, according to documents provided by the McHenry County Historical Society.
See CABIN, page A4
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