NTUI Exposes CTA Tax-Hike Villians To Local Taxpayer Groups
The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization announced that their just-completed tax survey, exposing Illinois General Assembly members who voted for the huge CTA-bailout tax increase, has been sent to leaders of 200 local taxpayer groups, as well as to its members. Click here for the news release. Click here for the Senate voting results. [...]
The following is a partial transcript of Jim Tobin’s remarks before the state House Mass Transit Committe on January 16, 2008
1/16/2008 Today’s Chicago Tribune reports 320,000 people take CTA bus routes facing elimination. However, this represents approximately 160,000 people riding to and from their house. The proposed cuts affect only 5 percent of the population. 95 percent of the people would be unaffected but all would be forced to pay $530 million more in taxes [...]
1/16/2008 Jim Tobin was interviewed by the Associated Press and WBBM news radio (CBS) Chicago about the $500 million tax increase for the CTA/RTA bailout.
Taxpayers Urge “NO” Vote On $530 Million CTA Tax-Hike
The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today urged members of the Illinois General Assembly to vote “NO” on House Bill 656, the “CTA bailout” bill, which will be considered later this week.
