CHICAGO—The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer group charged that the huge salaries received by teachers of High School Dist. 211, the state’s largest high school district, show that salaries of public school teachers are out of control and bear no relationship to the value of teachers’ contributions to society. He further criticized the Dist. 211 School Board for caving in to the teachers in order to avoid a threatened strike. Read more →
CHICAGO—The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization urged members of the state legislature to vote “No” on raising taxes to bail out the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). “The problem is with the inefficiency, corruption and waste within the CTA itself, and with its union contracts that provide lavish retirement benefits that far exceed those in private industry,” said Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI). Tobin cited some egregious examples of waste of financial resources: Read more →
CHICAGO-CTA management is scamming the public and the media by claiming that it has slashed personnel costs, charged the president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization, who added that the CTA’s employee pension benefits are out of control. He charged that these hidden employee benefits are fueling the cries for a proposed $435 million tax increase. Read more →
