Having failed to stop the half of one percent RTA sales tax hike scheduled to take effect today, State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo) introduced House Bill 4717 to require collar county boards to put their careers on the line by … Continue reading
Not your birthday hat. Your thinking cap. I told you you can’t get rid of Mayor Aaron Shepley’s 75% Crystal Lake Sales Tax Hike by covering it up. You say you don’t know where it is? Well, we who shop … Continue reading
Not your birthday hat. Your thinking cap. I told you you can’t get rid of Mayor Aaron Shepley’s 75% Crystal Lake Sales Tax Hike by covering it up. You say you don’t know where it is? Well, we who shop … Continue reading
The following letter arrived from State Representative Mike Tryon. I am happy to pass it on. Dear Friend, Last week the Democrat-controlled House and Senate voted to raise the taxes of McHenry County residents in order to bail out Chicago’s … Continue reading
The following letter arrived from State Representative Mike Tryon. I am happy to pass it on. Dear Friend, Last week the Democrat-controlled House and Senate voted to raise the taxes of McHenry County residents in order to bail out Chicago’s … Continue reading
$9 million more a year for the County Board to spend. No pain. Except on us taxpayers. Absolutely no effort on the county board’s part. Not even a county board vote. The best kind of a tax hike. One someone … Continue reading
$9 million more a year for the County Board to spend. No pain. Except on us taxpayers. Absolutely no effort on the county board’s part. Not even a county board vote. The best kind of a tax hike. One someone … Continue reading
Look at these headlines and tell me that anyone outside of Chicago won in the RTA sales tax bill passed yesterday. … Continue reading
Look at these headlines and tell me that anyone outside of Chicago won in the RTA sales tax bill passed yesterday. … Continue reading
Here’s what Bethany Jaeger of Illinois Issues wrote on Illinoize: On a lighter note: The highlight of the debate, at least for chocolate lovers, was Rep. Jack Frank’s comparison of the governor to a 3-year-old dripping in chocolate and running … Continue reading
Here’s what Bethany Jaeger of Illinois Issues wrote on Illinoize: On a lighter note: The highlight of the debate, at least for chocolate lovers, was Rep. Jack Frank’s comparison of the governor to a 3-year-old dripping in chocolate and running … Continue reading
Yesterday, I held forth on how the Chicago Tribune’s bad, bad advice for more Republicans to vote for the RTA sales tax bill (Senate Bill 656) would further decimate suburban Republicans in the legislature. Today, I turn to the root … Continue reading
Yesterday, I held forth on how the Chicago Tribune’s bad, bad advice for more Republicans to vote for the RTA sales tax bill (Senate Bill 656) would further decimate suburban Republicans in the legislature. Today, I turn to the root … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune has come up with the best way to thwart a comeback for suburban Republicans that I have seen in a long time. Vote to override Governor Rod Blagojevich’s free ride for seniors amendatory veto, the Tribune editorial … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune has come up with the best way to thwart a comeback for suburban Republicans that I have seen in a long time. Vote to override Governor Rod Blagojevich’s free ride for seniors amendatory veto, the Tribune editorial … Continue reading
That’s how legislators representing McHenry County voted on the bill to increase the RTA sales tax from one-quarter of one percent to three-quarters of one percent. The two state senators–Pam Althoff and Bill Peterson–and the three state representatives–Mark Beaubien, Jack … Continue reading
That’s how legislators representing McHenry County voted on the bill to increase the RTA sales tax from one-quarter of one percent to three-quarters of one percent. The two state senators–Pam Althoff and Bill Peterson–and the three state representatives–Mark Beaubien, Jack … Continue reading
So, what should Family PAC’s Paul Caprio do? Declare victory because his campaign to kill the RTA sales tax hike succeeded. House Speaker Mike Madigan has played medical examiner and pronounced it dead. Instead of raising sales taxes in the … Continue reading
So, what should Family PAC’s Paul Caprio do? Declare victory because his campaign to kill the RTA sales tax hike succeeded. House Speaker Mike Madigan has played medical examiner and pronounced it dead. Instead of raising sales taxes in the … Continue reading
Look what I found on ebay while looking up the McHenry County Clerk’s election result web site. It’s a “McVote 1986” glass from McDonald’s. And, you think sales taxes are high here at 6.5% (higher in Algonquin–7.25%–and Lake in the … Continue reading
