Category Archives: Referendums

Illinois Home Values down 21% and Property Taxes Up 7 % Since 2007

Posted on July 28, 2019 by royfmc

Illinois homeowners still have yet to recover much of the home value they lost after the housing market crash. But that hasn’t stopped those homeowners’ property tax bills from climbing. Average home prices in Illinois are still 21% lower today … Continue reading →

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The Cost Of Even Parking In Illinois Is Going Up As Well As A New Government Tax Scheme on Purchases—-Car Dealers and Purchasers Will Feel Tax Pain

Posted on June 30, 2019 by royfmc

Did you know pursuant to a bill passed on the last day of the legislative session, the first $10,000 of trade-in value will go untaxed. After that, every dollar of trade-in value would be applied to the purchase price of … Continue reading →

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Norridge Taxpayers Need To Repeal Home Rule To Curtail Out Of Control Taxation by Village Government

Posted on June 30, 2019 by royfmc

As Norridge Improvement Party regime leader James Chmura flees from being Village President effective June 30th, he has proposed a Village property tax levy for 2020 of $2.1 million. That’s a 32% increase from 2019’s $1.6 million, which itself was a 35% increase over … Continue reading →

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Gas Tax Increase to Anger Illinoisans This Summer

Posted on June 28, 2019 by royfmc

Expect the doubling of Illinois gas taxes to anger Illinoisans this summer. The state’s motor fuel tax on July 1 will increase to 38 cents per gallon from 19 cents currently. The state says the tax, which has not been … Continue reading →

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Pritzker Plumbing Under Federal Investigation, Leaves New Tax Plans in Doubt

Posted on April 25, 2019 by royfmc

Since we live in the United States, all of us are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. If Illinois has another governor go to prison, that will really increase our branding problem. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, his wife and … Continue reading →

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Interesting Position: Teachers union seeks 5 percent raises, says ‘rich people’ will pay for them

Posted on January 15, 2019 by royfmc

Teachers union seeks 5 percent raises, says ‘rich people’ will pay for them. Chicago Teachers Union leaders on Tuesday submitted their first contract proposals — including 5-percent pay raises — to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office, though most negotiations are expected … Continue reading →

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Local Governments’ Alarming Capital Spending Ratios — Strong Towns

Posted on November 2, 2018 by royfmc

There are many ways for state and local governments to run hidden deficits, one of which is deferred maintenance. But it turns out there is a way to measure the extent to which local governments kick the maintenance can down … Continue reading →

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Is Illinois’s Budget Real ? Or a Political Convenience ?

Posted on June 3, 2018 by royfmc

Illinois budget watchdog groups are skeptical over whether the $38.5 billion fiscal 2019 state budget that passed Thursday is truly “balanced” . Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle should restrain their self-praise about the budget plan given that it … Continue reading →

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“Pity The Nation Whose People Are Sheep………”

Posted on May 27, 2018 by royfmc

Lawrence Ferlinghetti decades ago wrote and it gives me chills to read it today: “Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots … Continue reading →

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The Parents of Norridge SD 80 Students at Enger Continue To Face Challenges Created By LASEC

Posted on May 22, 2018 by royfmc

So Norridge SD81 Administration has worked diligently with the Illinois legislature to ensure the continued enrollment at Enger only to encounter Amendment 2 To SB 2344 introduced at the request of Leyden and Norwood Park area Superintendents to frustrate the … Continue reading →

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