Governor Pat Quinn started the fight to tax iPod downloads and now the McHenry and Chicago Young Republicans are preparing for battle. They have set up a Facebook page..Maybe it will take off before Quinn figures out he has made … Continue reading
So I show my 12-year old the Chicago Sun-Times article as he is reading a book for school. The headline reads, NEW MONEY-MAKING IDEA FOR STATE: iTAX Dad: “Here’s an article that might interest you. Governor Quinn wants to tax … Continue reading
Because of severe computer problems with my new Hewlett-Packard computer, I missed the 525th day anniversary of Mayor Aaron Shepley’s and his city council’s (sans Jeff Thorsen) 75% hike of the Crystal Lake city sales tax’s having taken effect. It … Continue reading
July 1st, a year and almost a half ago, Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and all of his city council but Jeff Thorsen enacted at 75% city sales tax increase. It went into effect the same day as the Todd … Continue reading
Just fifteen days left before Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and his entire city council, except Jeff Thorsen, voted to raise the city sales tax 75% will have been in effect for a full year. Three days later we can … Continue reading
Until I read it in Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown’s column today, I didn’t realize that the Cook County sales tax fight is racial. Talking about the possibility of a veto, Brown writes, “That’s unlikely given the current split, now breaking … Continue reading
School folks throughout Downstate (let’s use the old definition of “everything outside of Cook County”) will be talking about Champaign County’s having just passed a sales tax to fund school construction and remodeling in this low turnout election. I learned … Continue reading
How appropriate that April Fool’s Day should coincide with the City of Crystal Lake’s imposition of a 75% sales tax hike on its shoppers. If only it were a April Fool’s Day joke. In case you want to refresh your … Continue reading
I like to mark tax hike anniversaries like this. Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley’s sales tax hike did not seem to have affected traffic last Saturday. The parking lots were crowded. And, Route 14 was congested. … Continue reading
I like to mark tax hike anniversaries like this. Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley’s sales tax hike did not seem to have affected traffic last Saturday. The parking lots were crowded. And, Route 14 was congested. … Continue reading
It’s July 1st, so it must be Aaron ShepleyTax Hike Day. This is the day that Crystal Lake Piraty Captain, er, Mayor Aaron Shepley’s decision to raise the city sales tax goes into effect. Up 75%! Read the appropriate verses … Continue reading
It’s July 1st, so it must be Aaron ShepleyTax Hike Day. This is the day that Crystal Lake Piraty Captain, er, Mayor Aaron Shepley’s decision to raise the city sales tax goes into effect. Up 75%! Read the appropriate verses … Continue reading
