Taxpayer Education Foundation Blog

Daily Herald | Conviction for molesting girl doesn’t stop retired Round Lake Beach cop’s pension 0

Daily Herald | Conviction for molesting girl doesn’t stop retired Round Lake Beach cop’s pension

Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, was quoted in an article from the Daily Herald on a convicted sex offender receiving a taxpayer-funded pension.  Round Lake Beach taxpayers continue to provide a...

Hundreds of DeKalb Government Retirees Become Multi-Millionaires at Taxpayer Expense 0

Hundreds of DeKalb Government Retirees Become Multi-Millionaires at Taxpayer Expense

View as PDF DeKalb—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new pension study of the employees of the City of DeKalb, DeKalb County, DeKalb County government schools, and Northern Illinois...

Taxpayers Demand Spending Cuts – Oppose Raising Federal Debt Limit 0

Taxpayers Demand Spending Cuts – Oppose Raising Federal Debt Limit

View release as a PDF CHICAGO–House Republicans must stand fast and oppose raising the federal debt limit. President Obama needs to come down from his high horse and work to cut spending, according to...

News Tribune | La Salle County to consider home rule 0

News Tribune | La Salle County to consider home rule

Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, was quoted in an article from the News Tribune on LaSalle County’s considered use of home rule. OTTAWA — La Salle County Board members will begin...

Daily Herald | Which suburbs levy highest taxes per person? 0

Daily Herald | Which suburbs levy highest taxes per person?

Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, was quoted in an article from the Daily Herald on local property taxes. Dede Wamberg doesn’t mind that her hometown of Barrington Hills collects nearly $1,618...

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)...