Sunday, February 26, 2006
Teachers Give McHenry Grade School District 15 Tax Hike Committee $7,600 – 94% of Total
The tax hike committee for McHenry Grade School District 15--Our Children: Our Investment--has been around since 2002, but it has only about $6,700 to spend this to convince voters the district needs a tax rate.
Virtually all of the money contributed since last June--$7,600--has been contributed by teacher union political action committees.
Most of the campaign money--$7,600 out of $8,100--has come from teacher union PAC’s. Almost 94%.
A citizen-financed campaign this will not be.
Since the first of the year there have only been two contributions exceeding $150—both from teachers’ groups:
The biggest contribution during the last half of 2005 was $3,100 in late November from the McHenry Elementary Teachers Association. Another $300 came from others in small enough amounts that state law does not require identification. The committee spent $3,351 on printing and postage from the third week of November through mid-December, leaving it with about $2,000 at the beginning of 2006.
Unlike school bond referendums, local builders don’t seem to care enough about tax rate hikes to contribute…at least before February 19th.
Read an article on the substance of the proposal on Monday.
Virtually all of the money contributed since last June--$7,600--has been contributed by teacher union political action committees.
Most of the campaign money--$7,600 out of $8,100--has come from teacher union PAC’s. Almost 94%.
A citizen-financed campaign this will not be.
Since the first of the year there have only been two contributions exceeding $150—both from teachers’ groups:
· $500 on 1-20-6 from the McHenry Community High School Teachers AssociationAn additional $200 was reported in non-itemized contributions.
· $4,000 on 1-10-06 from McHenry County Teachers Association (All by $22.66 of this PAC’s money was transferred to the McHenry tax hike committee.)
The biggest contribution during the last half of 2005 was $3,100 in late November from the McHenry Elementary Teachers Association. Another $300 came from others in small enough amounts that state law does not require identification. The committee spent $3,351 on printing and postage from the third week of November through mid-December, leaving it with about $2,000 at the beginning of 2006.
Unlike school bond referendums, local builders don’t seem to care enough about tax rate hikes to contribute…at least before February 19th.
Read an article on the substance of the proposal on Monday.
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It is time to BREAK the teachers union. We are SICK of the high real estate taxes of Illinois.
Globalization says chase the lowest wage of Mexico and China..... So import low wage Mexican and Chinese teachers to teach the "KIDS".
I am getting damn sick of this teachers and kids crap already!
Globalization says chase the lowest wage of Mexico and China..... So import low wage Mexican and Chinese teachers to teach the "KIDS".
I am getting damn sick of this teachers and kids crap already!
I am looking for Chicago homes in your area - and am interested in all your talk about the school districts. This site I linked to let me search for specific areas around Chicago with the aid of a great google maps tool. Thanks for all the information about the area.
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