Saturday, March 18, 2006
For the Kids? Maybe. More Likely, For the Business
The Woodstock tax hike committee only got $500 from Aramark Management Services.
Today, a tax hike committee for Naperville’s Indian Prairie School District called “204 the Kids” (cute, right?) picked up a big $5,000 from the same source.
It looks like Woodstock tax hikers got short-changed.
That stimulated me to look at what other or potential vendors of services to school districts are contributing to school tax hike committees.
Here’s another one: Sodexho School Services. It just gave Naperville’s Indian Prairie’s tax hike committee $1,000. That’s a repeat of a 2005 contribution to another Indian Prairie tax hike committee. It has been a regular contributor back to 2001.
Whitt Law is another multi-campaign contributor to Indian Prairie tax hike committees. It gave $1,000 to help finance the 2005 and 2006 campaigns.
Law firms seem to like to give money to school tax hike committees. Franczek Sullivan LLC gave the District 300 tax hikers $3,000 this year.
But that’s not the only recipient of its largess. Skokie School District 69’s tax hike committee got $750, too. $250 went to the New Lenox tax hike effort.
Legat Architects was one of the Woodstock District 200’s biggest benefactors, giving $8,000 to its tax hike committee. The New Lenox effort only got $250. It has been a regular contributor to school tax hike committees since 2000.
The Arlington Heights law firm of Hodges Loizzi Eisenhammer, et al, gave $1,000 to the District 200 tax hikers. And, it also gave $200 to the River Forest tax hike committee.
Wight and Company kicked in $3,000 to the Elburn tax hike effort of District 303. This is its first foray into school tax hike politics. Usually, it gives to Republicans with a DuPage County connection. It also gave $2,000 this year to the tax hike committee for Riverside Brookfield High School. It seems to be a consulting engineering company.
The bond opinion law firm of Chapman & Cutler also has given to one school tax hike committees. River Forest got $250. $1,000 went to the Triad School District’s committee.
Another potential vendor, St. Louis’ Ittner Architects gave $3,000. Stifel Nicholaus & Company, a brokerage firm, financed $33,660.63 of polling, analysis and consulting. Community spirit or a potential vendor? Regional broker A.G. Edwards contributed $2,500.
Chicago Title gave $1,000 to the Skokie School District 69 tax hike committee this year, an in-kind contribution of office space. Usually it gives to candidates.
Nexus, a Minneapolis firm, gave the Manteno school tax hike committee $2,500.
Today, a tax hike committee for Naperville’s Indian Prairie School District called “204 the Kids” (cute, right?) picked up a big $5,000 from the same source.
It looks like Woodstock tax hikers got short-changed.
That stimulated me to look at what other or potential vendors of services to school districts are contributing to school tax hike committees.
Here’s another one: Sodexho School Services. It just gave Naperville’s Indian Prairie’s tax hike committee $1,000. That’s a repeat of a 2005 contribution to another Indian Prairie tax hike committee. It has been a regular contributor back to 2001.
Whitt Law is another multi-campaign contributor to Indian Prairie tax hike committees. It gave $1,000 to help finance the 2005 and 2006 campaigns.
Law firms seem to like to give money to school tax hike committees. Franczek Sullivan LLC gave the District 300 tax hikers $3,000 this year.
But that’s not the only recipient of its largess. Skokie School District 69’s tax hike committee got $750, too. $250 went to the New Lenox tax hike effort.
Legat Architects was one of the Woodstock District 200’s biggest benefactors, giving $8,000 to its tax hike committee. The New Lenox effort only got $250. It has been a regular contributor to school tax hike committees since 2000.
The Arlington Heights law firm of Hodges Loizzi Eisenhammer, et al, gave $1,000 to the District 200 tax hikers. And, it also gave $200 to the River Forest tax hike committee.
Wight and Company kicked in $3,000 to the Elburn tax hike effort of District 303. This is its first foray into school tax hike politics. Usually, it gives to Republicans with a DuPage County connection. It also gave $2,000 this year to the tax hike committee for Riverside Brookfield High School. It seems to be a consulting engineering company.
The bond opinion law firm of Chapman & Cutler also has given to one school tax hike committees. River Forest got $250. $1,000 went to the Triad School District’s committee.
Another potential vendor, St. Louis’ Ittner Architects gave $3,000. Stifel Nicholaus & Company, a brokerage firm, financed $33,660.63 of polling, analysis and consulting. Community spirit or a potential vendor? Regional broker A.G. Edwards contributed $2,500.
Chicago Title gave $1,000 to the Skokie School District 69 tax hike committee this year, an in-kind contribution of office space. Usually it gives to candidates.
Nexus, a Minneapolis firm, gave the Manteno school tax hike committee $2,500.
