REAL REASON FOR OUSTING BLAGOJEVICH: RAISE STATE INCOME TAX
CHICAGO–Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s indiscreet comments regarding Pres. Elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat are being used as an excuse to replace him with Governor-in-waiting Patrick Quinn, charged the president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA).
ITEF Springfield News Conference
15 reporters, including all 3 local network TV stations, attended ITEF’s Springfield news conference yesterday, January 12. There, ITEF President Jim Tobin fielded questions regarding state revenues and what should be done to curb government spending.
ITEF Comment – Vol. XV Issue 2
TOTAL STATE REVENUES DIP MODESTLY IN FY2009
By Jim Tobin
Springfield – For the first time in six years, since ITEF began tracking state revenue, total Illinois state revenue is down from the previous year, according to data from the Illinois Comptroller’s website. Total tax revenue for the first 6 months of FY 2009 decreased $1.2 billion, 3.8%, over the same period in FY 2008. This modest dip in state revenue is not a fiscal crisis…
If Quinn Becomes Gov, Watch Taxes Go Up
The following op-ed by ITEF’s Dennis Constant appeared in today’s Chicago Sun-Times The legal system, not the press, will determine if Gov. Blagojevich has committed any crime regarding the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. But one thing is certain: If Blagojevich is forced from office and is replaced by Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn, [...]
Illinois Taxpayers May Lose a Friend, Gain an Enemy
By Dennis Constant The legal system, not the press, will determine if Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) has committed any crime by shooting-off his mouth regarding the Senate seat vacated by President Elect Obama. Stupid, ill-advised, possibly rhetorical comments ultimately may not be determined to be a “conspiracy.” But one thing is certain: If Gov. [...]
State lacks convictions, not corruption
The following article originally appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on January 7, 2009. BY JEFFREY BABBITT The national media has spoken, Illinois, and it has said that you’re not really all that corrupt — a backhanded compliment for a state with a long, proud heritage of political corruption. On Dec. 10, USA Today ranked the [...]
