Monday, February 20, 2006
Who Wants to Raise Your Taxes? Developers, As Predicted
Kane County’s Burlington Unit School District 301’s tax hike committee just broke one of the cardinal rules of passing a bond referendum. It revealed on the very first day possible, that homebuilders are financing its referendum campaign.
On January 18th, $7,000 was donated by three developers:
The committee had almost $10,200 in the bank at the beginning of the year. Looking back, it appears that it also came from homebuilders.
On January 18th, $7,000 was donated by three developers:
$1,000 - B & B Properties of Illinois Inc., St. CharlesTwo others gave money to Building Success in District # 301 is early February:
$4,000 - Crown Community Development, Aurora
$2,000 – Wyndham Development, North Aurora
$1,000 – 2/6/6 - Residential Land Fund I L.P., Oak BrookThat’s it. No small contributions from citizens and, so far, no contributions from school vendors or the teachers' union to help pass the $31 million school building and equipment referendum.
$1,000 – 2/9/6 – Town & Country Homes, Lombard
The committee had almost $10,200 in the bank at the beginning of the year. Looking back, it appears that it also came from homebuilders.
