Friday, March 31, 2006
District 300 Tax Hikers Set Sights on State Pocketbooks
Not content to just raise taxes locally, the District 300 tax hikers are setting their sights on raising taxes statewide.
Liberal tax hike leader Nancy Zettler told the Daily Herald,
Appropriately mentioned in the story by Jeffrey Gaunt was District 158 tax hike leader Cheryl Meyer, who advanced to professional paid campaign worker status for the District 300 tax hike committee.
The two did not mention whether they would become regional campaign workers for the Rev. James Meeks, who is threatening to mount a third party challenge whose basic platform plank will be the raising of state taxes to give more to schools. Meeks is also pro-life and anti-gay rights, something neither of the power party candidates avow.
Perhaps Meeks will borrow from Jack Roeser’s Family Taxpayers Network and call his effort the “Family Tax Hikers Party.”
Liberal tax hike leader Nancy Zettler told the Daily Herald,
We’re hoping to parlay that into something more substantial on the state front.They met last night at their campaign headquarters.
Appropriately mentioned in the story by Jeffrey Gaunt was District 158 tax hike leader Cheryl Meyer, who advanced to professional paid campaign worker status for the District 300 tax hike committee.
The two did not mention whether they would become regional campaign workers for the Rev. James Meeks, who is threatening to mount a third party challenge whose basic platform plank will be the raising of state taxes to give more to schools. Meeks is also pro-life and anti-gay rights, something neither of the power party candidates avow.
Perhaps Meeks will borrow from Jack Roeser’s Family Taxpayers Network and call his effort the “Family Tax Hikers Party.”
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Cal,
Thanks for bringing this into the light for what it truly is: more greed from those whose only modus operandi is to raise taxes.
Thanks for bringing this into the light for what it truly is: more greed from those whose only modus operandi is to raise taxes.
Cal,
It's very interesting that people who support education are classified only as tax-hikers.
Advance300 and the hundreds of volunteers who support them have the single mission of maintaining and improving our school district. And yes, community participation includes groups ranging from businesses to the students who attend the schools they work to support.
Because of Advance300 and the community who voted yes-yes along with them for the referenda, programs were not cut, schedules were not changed and kids won't be spending their school days in shiny new trailer classrooms for years to come.
Unfortunately, taxes were increased in the process. However, until one of the anti-referendum groups come up with a non-tax alternative to funding education, it seems tax dollars will be used.
Personally, I can't wait to see what Advance300 working together with other communities are able to accomplish at the state level.
On that note, I do have a serious question. What have FTN and CRAFT done to effectively improve education in District 300, Barrington or Harvard?
It's very interesting that people who support education are classified only as tax-hikers.
Advance300 and the hundreds of volunteers who support them have the single mission of maintaining and improving our school district. And yes, community participation includes groups ranging from businesses to the students who attend the schools they work to support.
Because of Advance300 and the community who voted yes-yes along with them for the referenda, programs were not cut, schedules were not changed and kids won't be spending their school days in shiny new trailer classrooms for years to come.
Unfortunately, taxes were increased in the process. However, until one of the anti-referendum groups come up with a non-tax alternative to funding education, it seems tax dollars will be used.
Personally, I can't wait to see what Advance300 working together with other communities are able to accomplish at the state level.
On that note, I do have a serious question. What have FTN and CRAFT done to effectively improve education in District 300, Barrington or Harvard?
Let's see if the tax hikers will convince their state legislators from McHenry to vote for a HB750, considering the net tax increase most voters would face.
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