May 4, 2009
An Open Letter To Members of the Illinois State legislature:
Dear Illinois Legislator:
I am a non-union teacher at Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn. This Wednesday, thousands of my union colleagues will take the day off and descend en masse on Springfield for the Illinois Education Association’s annual Lobby Day. This year’s major goal is to browbeat you into supporting a massive state income tax increase, to throw even more taxpayer dollars into teacher pensions. The teachers-cum-lobbyists will couch their self-serving pleas in altruistic rhetoric, but their goals have nothing to do with the quality of classroom instruction–or they would be in the classroom on Wednesday providing it!
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Rockford – NTUI President Jim Tobin held a press conference in Rockford on April 28, 2009 to oppose Gov. Quinn’s tax increases. The Conference was covered by all 4 Rockford TV networks. Later, Tobin gave a 1 hour interview with WNTA Live Talk Radio Rockford, slamming Quinn’s proposed 50% income increase.
Jim Tobin appeared on Fox TV News Chicago last night at 9 PM to oppose Cook County Assessor James Houlihan’s proposed 42% state income tax hike, as well as his proposed new statewide sales tax on food and services, e.g. haircuts, beauticians, auto repair, etc. Houlihan’s proposal would also remove the 5% property tax credit, raising personal income taxes by more than 42% for homeowners.
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