Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) and Founder of the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, led the opposition in California last year against Prop 14 by helping in the foundation of the nationally recognized opposition website stoptoptwo.org. Now, the opposition in Illinois needs to begin.
Click the image below to listen to the Sam Adams Alliance interview with Christina Tobin.
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Taxpayers United of America (“TUA”) and Wilmette resident Herbert Sorock filed papers with the Circuit Court of Cook County June 7, 2011 claiming Wilmette School District 39 violated the U.S. Constitution, the Illinois Constitution, and the Illinois Property Tax Code by using ballot language in its April 5th property tax increase referendum that significantly failed to comply with Illinois statutory requirements.
There were 39 referenda from 48 different school districts on the ballot April 5, 2011; of the 14 that were property tax increase referenda, 10 were defeated on Election Day. TUA is challenging two of the referenda that passed, in Wilmette and in Oak Park. Read more →
WINNETKA–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of New Trier High School receive lavish, gold-plated salaries and pensions that far exceed average annual wages of workers in the private sector.
“These outrageous government-employee pensions are bankrupting the state,” said Christina Tobin, TUA Vice-President. “Springfield House and Senate Democrats just temporarily raised the state personal income tax 67%, all $6.8 billion taxpayer dollars of which is being used to fund the state’s lavish retired government employee pension programs.” Read more →
