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Proposed Pension Reform Doesn't Go Far Enough 0

Proposed Pension Reform Doesn't Go Far Enough

CHICAGO – The recent pension reform bill being pushed in Springfield requires that government employees pay more towards their lavish, gold-plated pensions, but it isn’t asking them to pay enough. The legislation passed by...

Taxpayers Continue to Battle Invalid Property Taxes 0

Taxpayers Continue to Battle Invalid Property Taxes

The property taxpayers in three school districts continue to battle the property tax increases resulting from the April 5th referenda. In Oak Park School District 97 and in Wilmette School District 39, the initiatives...

Suit Filed to Challenge Wilmette's April 5th Property Tax Increase Referendum 0

Suit Filed to Challenge Wilmette's April 5th Property Tax Increase Referendum

On May 16, 2011 a law suit was filed by Herbert Sorock, a property tax payer in Wilmette, and Taxpayers United of America (TUA), one of the largest taxpayer organizations in America.  The suit...

Court to Decide Whether to Restrain Oak Park Property Tax Increase 0

Court to Decide Whether to Restrain Oak Park Property Tax Increase

On May 24, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Judge Mary Mikva will hear and determine whether a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction should be issued against Oak Park School District 97 and its individual...

Taxpayers: Block Destructive and Unwanted Peotone Airport Boondoggle 0

Taxpayers: Block Destructive and Unwanted Peotone Airport Boondoggle

CHICAGO–The President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today urged Ill. House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) and Ill. Senate President John Cullerton (D) to do whatever is necessary to block the $110 million item...

Taxpayers’ Pain at Pump Helps Govt. Employees, Not Roads 0

Taxpayers’ Pain at Pump Helps Govt. Employees, Not Roads

CHICAGO – “With Chicago boasting the highest gas prices of any city in the country,” said Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), “taxpayers may be surprised to learn that their pain...

TUA takes issue with taxes for trinkets, on television 0

TUA takes issue with taxes for trinkets, on television

TUA President Jim Tobin appeared on CBS News Chicago Wednesday, to discuss the use of promotional trinkets, which costs Illinois taxpayers almost $1 million per year. Source: CBS News.

Taxpayer Organization: Hold Rahm Emanual and Patrick Quinn to Same Standard as Rod Blagojevich 0

Taxpayer Organization: Hold Rahm Emanual and Patrick Quinn to Same Standard as Rod Blagojevich

The Vice-President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today admonished those in Illinois’ legal system and news media to hold Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanual (D) and Ill. Gov. Patrick Quinn (D) to the same...

TUA's Jim Tobin discusses $184,000/year Daley pension plan on WBBM 0

TUA's Jim Tobin discusses $184,000/year Daley pension plan on WBBM

Retiring Chicago Mayor Richard Daley recently chose to exploit the laws of Illinois to maximize taxpayer expense for his lavish pension. Under the Illinois Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act, all his government jobs are being...

Taxes Increasing Anxiety Over Gas Prices 1

Taxes Increasing Anxiety Over Gas Prices

CHICAGO – The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy show that Chicago has now surpassed San Francisco and Los Angeles for the nation’s highest gasoline price per gallon. Just one week ago,...