I’ve been thinking back to the days in the early 1990’s when newly-elected Governor Jim Edgar faced down House Speaker Mike Madigan. There was nothing bombastic about Edgar. But he made it know that he would get a real estate … Continue reading
Category Archives: Property Tax Relief
Thought I’d take a look at what McHenry County’s Democratic Party State Representative Jack Franks has introduced in Springfield. There are two Constitutional Amendments: Abolish the Office of Lt. Governor. (Dave McSweeney introduced it and got it through the House … Continue reading
On the first day of his third set of three-year terms, Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks introduced four bill that could be merchandised to homeowners in a General Election four years from now. Seems to me it is in … Continue reading
Bond analysis Steve Willson offers the following essay: Proposition 2½ Property taxes in Illinois are too high. But how high is too high? Two and a half percent. I’d like to say two percent, because even that was higher than … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Pam Althoff: Senate Week in Review: March 31 – April 4, 2013 April 4, 2014 Springfield, Ill. – As Senators approach an April 11 deadline to move Senate Bills to the Illinois House, State … Continue reading
Guess my article about the motivation for Democrat Jack Franks’ Real Estate Tax Cap bill and the one about his Senate sponsor’s outright rejection of the idea and the posting of the email from Crystal Lake Grade School District 47 … Continue reading
A email has been sent this morning soliciting parental opposition to State Rep. Jack Franks’ bill to prohibit the collection of more property tax dollars when assessments go down. Apparently Superintendent Donn Mendoza and School Board President Jeff Mason were … Continue reading
As I mentioned in my short article Saturday, the records of incumbent County Board members and the positions of challengers on holding real estate taxes constant or even lowering them could become the issue of the March 20th Republican primary … Continue reading
An email from State Rep. Mike Tryon: Our second week of veto session has ended, and while typically this would signify the end of the fall veto session, legislators are being called back to Springfield on Tuesday, November 29 to … Continue reading
No doubt which side of the taxpayer Downstate Republican State Representative Roger Eddy is on. It’s not the taxpayers’. This is the legislator who wanted to loosen the Real Estate Tax Cap in the early 2000’s in order to allow … Continue reading
From the McHenry County email last Friday: 10 Questions to a Fair Assessment: An Explanation of the Assessment Appeal Process in McHenry County After you have received your 2011 assessment notice please use the commonly asked questions below to better … Continue reading
Sorry for the delay in pointing out that homeowners can appeal their assessments in McHenry Township. It looks like the deadline is the day before the election. The sparsely populated Dunham Township, on the south edge of Harvard, also has … Continue reading
Credit my Google search for “Jack Franks” name for this story. I wrote how the Illinois Department of Aging, now in charge of the Senior Citizen and Disabled Person Property Tax Relief program, was cutting benefits in half. The cutback … Continue reading
That’s what Pat Quinn’s Department of Aging put in the Circuit Breaker forms being mailed out to seniors and the disabled. That’s what I learned in Sunday’s article by Daniel T. Zanoza of Republicans For Fair Media. Here’s the announcement … Continue reading
Yesterday, I took a look at what legislation State Rep. Mike Tryon (R-Crystal Lake) had managed to move toward passage. He has nine bills that will pass, if called for a vote. Today, let’s take a look at State Rep. … Continue reading