View release as a PDF
Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) helped Westmont activists win repeal of Home Rule, the first repeal victory in Illinois in 29 years. Westmont is one of 5 Home Rule referenda defeated yesterday by activists, with the help of TUA.
“Taxpayers are the big winners in Westmont where they successfully ended Home Rule taxing authority. Home Rule communities always have higher taxes and that is the message that resonated with voters yesterday,” stated Jim Tobin, president of TUA.
“Other big winners in yesterday’s election are River Forest, Elkville, Harrisburg, and Kenilworth, where we helped residents defeat new Home Rule referenda.”
“The most important politics are local and the message that voters sent to municipal leaders this year is that they want a say in tax increases and aren’t willing to give government bureaucrats a blank check to pay for empire building.”
“People aren’t being fooled any longer; they know that 80% of Home Rule taxes go to pay salaries and benefits, including gold plated pensions. Voters in these five communities sent a loud and clear message that they want spending cuts without tax increases.”
TUA members have defeated more than 100 Home Rule referenda since 1980. On March 20, 2012, TUA activists had a clean sweep in defeating six out of six Home Rule referenda.
View release as a PDF
Chicago – “Six Springfield Democrats, any six Democrats or all Springfield Democrats, need to be fired in order to demote Speaker Madigan to House Minority Leader,” stated Jim Tobin, president of Taxpayers United of America.
“Illinois is desperate for real change and it will only be realized by firing Speaker Madigan.”
“I urge everyone to watch our short video that explains why Madigan needs to go. The video is fun, but the situation is dire. Illinois is in desperate straits and Madigan has been calling the shots for 30 years; it’s not hard to connect the dots between bad policy and bad leadership.”
“Share this video with all of your friends; it’s an entertaining way to get the message out to every voter in Illinois.”
Magnum TI and the Case of Illinois’ Fiscal Crisis can be viewed at: http://bit.ly/madiganvideo
View release as a PDF
Chicago—Today, Tax Accountability, the political action arm of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), announced its Illinois candidate endorsements for the November 6, 2012 general election.
“This is an important time to elect lawmakers at all levels of government, who promise to vote against any and all tax increases,” said Jim Tobin, president of TUA.
“I urge voters to support these individuals who have indicated their intent to spend taxpayer money responsibly and have signed our Taxpayer Protection Pledge in which they vow to vote NO on any tax increases. TUA will not endorse any candidate that does not sign our pledge.”
Cook County Commissioner of the Board of Review
- Dan Patlak, District 1
U.S. House of Representatives
- Richard Grabowski, IL District 3
- Dan Schmitt, IL District 5
- Joe Walsh, IL District 8
- Angela Michael, IL District 15
Illinois State House
- Vincent W. Romano, District 16
- Daniel Kordik, District 46
- David McSweeney, District 52
- Tom Morrison, District 54
- JoAnn D. Osmond, District 61
- John M. Cabello, District 68
- Joe Sosnowski, District 69
- Neil Anderson, District 72
- Pam Roth, District 75
- Glenn Nixon, District 79
- Pat Fee, District 84
- Ryan M. Alm, District 86
- Jil Tracy, District 93
- Robert Kalnicky, District 98
- Brad Halbrook, District 109
- Melinda Hult, District 113
- Julie Bigham Eggers, District 116
Illinois State Senate
- Barbara Bellar, District 18
- Cary Collins, District 22
- Jim Oberweis, District 25
- Don Castella, District 30
- Karen McConnaughay, District 33
- Frank Gambino, District 34
- William McCann, District 50
- John Bambenek, District 52
- Kyle McCarter, District 54
- Brad Halbrook, District 110