Category: Illinois

SD200 Hiking Property Taxes with $123 Million Cash Hoard! 0

SD200 Hiking Property Taxes with $123 Million Cash Hoard!

View this release as a PDF CHICAGO–Oak Park/River Forest High School Dist. 200 school board will vote on a property tax increase December 20 while sitting on a hoard of cash totaling $123 million,...

SD200 Accumulates $123M Surplus and Raises Property Taxes by $8M? 0

SD200 Accumulates $123M Surplus and Raises Property Taxes by $8M?

View this release as a PDF Chicago – Oak Park and River Forest School District 200 Board of Education has been squirreling away cash for the last 10 years – to the tune of...

Stop Oak Park and River Forest District 200 from Raising Our Property Taxes on December 20! 1

Stop Oak Park and River Forest District 200 from Raising Our Property Taxes on December 20!

Brought to you by:  Protect District 200 Property Taxpayers Barb Langer, Ph.D., Founder and Barry Epstein, Ph.D., CPA, Forensic Accountant Contact:  NoNewTax@att.net The Board of Education (BOE) for Oak Park-River Forest High School (OPRFHS)...

Illinois' HB6258 is a Quacker – Lame Pension Reform for Lame Ducks 0

Illinois' HB6258 is a Quacker – Lame Pension Reform for Lame Ducks

View release as PDF CHICAGO–The proposed reform of the Ill. government employee pension system, HB6258 is described by some Springfield politicians as “bold,” but is actually lame and largely ineffectual, according to Jim Tobin,...

Wilmette School District 39 Continues to Mislead Public, Cover Up Illegal Ballot Language 0

Wilmette School District 39 Continues to Mislead Public, Cover Up Illegal Ballot Language

View release as a PDF WILMETTE, IL – Despite a recent change to the property tax code that clarifies how property tax increases are calculated, Wilmette School District 39 is choosing to continue its...

Christian County Government Pensions – the Stuff Dreams are Made of! 0

Christian County Government Pensions – the Stuff Dreams are Made of!

View release as a PDF Taylorville—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new pension study for the Christian County government teachers and employees, and Taylorville municipal employees. “Illinois lawmakers continue...

Gold Found in Springfield, IL! 0

Gold Found in Springfield, IL!

View release as a PDF Springfield—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new pension study for the Illinois General Assembly, Springfield municipal government employees, Sangamon County government teachers and the...

AG Lisa Madigan Provides Strong Arm in Commuter Shakedown 0

AG Lisa Madigan Provides Strong Arm in Commuter Shakedown

View release as a PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today submitted notice to the Illinois Court of Appeals 1st District, of its intent to withdraw its complaint against the Illinois Toll...

Illinois Courts Bully Taxpayers 0

Illinois Courts Bully Taxpayers

View release as a PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA), today submitted notice to the Illinois Court of Appeals 1st District, of their intent to withdraw their complaints against Oak Park SD...

Westmont First to Repeal Home Rule in 29 Years! 0

Westmont First to Repeal Home Rule in 29 Years!

View release as a PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) helped Westmont activists win repeal of Home Rule, the first repeal victory in Illinois in 29 years. Westmont is one of 5...