The Southwest News-Herald ran our recent ITEF Comment 12-6 as a Letter to the Editor. Every winning candidate for Governor since at least 1990 has promised not to raise the state income tax, and Judy Baar Topinka made a huge mistake by not making that promise. VIEW THE ARTICLE
The Associated Press distributed a story all over Illinois (including ABC Chicago Ch. 7) about the University of Illinois Trustees wanting more money so they can pay professors “competitively” with private schools like Northwestern and the Ivy League. ITEF Executive Director Jeff Trigg doesn’t think it’s smart to jump off a bridge if everyone else [...]
Several newspapers ran a Medill News Service story about the outcome of various referendums on the November 7 ballot, including the property tax increase referendums NTUI beat. The article below is from the NWI Times and it also ran in Pioneer Press newspapers. The voters knew the schools had enough money. View the article.
ITEF Comment Vol. XII Issue 6
You Can’t Be Governor Unless You Promise Not To Raise The Income Tax Every winning candidate for Governor since at least 1990 has promised not the raise the state income tax. Republican Judy Baar Topinka made a huge mistake being wishy-washy about whether she would support an increase in the state income tax. Future candidates [...]
Voters Flunk District 201′s $15 Million Tax-Increase
CHICAGO – By an almost 2-1 margin, J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 voters rejected a 64% property-tax-increase that appeared as a referendum on the November 7 ballot.
Pulling off a Sunday hat trick (or turkey if you prefer bowling)
… this Page 3 story in the Daily Herald about the Peraica/Stroger race called on NTUI President Jim Tobin to compare the candidates on fiscal issues. Click here to view the article.
Kristen McQueary’s Sunday column in the Daily Southtown…
…highlighted NTUI’s Taxpayers Freinds and Enemies list from the Tax Survey of the 93rd General Assembly. We’re a “tight-wad special-interest group” and proud of it when your tax dollars are involved. Click here to view the article.
“(District 201) needs to stop the wasteful spending,” said Jim Tobin after pointing out Morton schools are drowning in money.
From a Front Page article in the weekend edition of the Liberty Suburban newspaper “Berwyn – Cicero Life, also serving Stickney, Forest View, and the Island”. Click here to view the article.
