Saturday, October 19, 2013

Your Property Taxes in Will County Just Went Up!

Your Property Taxes

Just Went Up

Over Night!

Thanks to Larry Walsh Sr.

(This e-mail blast was sent to over 1500 citizens across Will County and Illinois on the morning of
October 18, 2013.)
GOOD MORNING!
HERE'S YOUR MORNING BELL REPORT:

Larry Walsh Sr. (D-IL Will Co.), Will County Executive, votes tie-breaking YES to 
raise your property taxes in Will County!  Citizens, if you live in Will County Illinois, you were 
already paying the 6th largest property taxes in the State of Illinois (in terms of county property taxes 
levied), and now, overnight, it just increased due to Larry Walsh Sr.

Read a portion of the Joliet Herald News report on this issue:
"JOLIET — In a showdown between Democrats and Republicans, the Will County Board voted Thursday to 

increase the property tax levy by $900,000.

The increase will cost the owner of a home with a $200,000 market value about $3 more a year for the 

Will County government portion of the tax bill. The additional money will be used for capital projects.

The vote was 12 to 12 along party lines, with Democrats favoring the higher levy and Republicans opposed. 

Members Tom Weigel (R-New Lenox) passed on voting and Ken Harris (D-Bolingbrook) was absent.

By passing his vote Weigel forced County Executive Larry Walsh, a Democrat, to cast a rare tie-breaking 

vote in favor of the higher levy, which is the amount the county expects to raise via the property tax."



HERE'S A VIDEO OF THE TAX INCREASE:

(Fast forward to minute 35:10 ...You'll see that this tax increase (proposal/resolution #13266) was proposed by Will 
County Board Member, Steve Wilhelmi, and Board Members properly explained that Will County is currently experiencing 
10% unemployment and approximately 44,000 homes are in pre-foreclosure and the tax amount will be between 
$3-to-$10. Is this the right time for a property tax increase.  This is approximately $900,000 tax on the citizens 
of Illinois.)

NEW CONSTRUCTION?  WILL THERE BE ENOUGH "NEW CONSTRUCTION" TO OFFSET THE COSTS
OF THIS NEW PROPERTY TAX? THIS NATIONALLY RESPECTED WEBSITE STATES THAT THE POPULATION 
WILL ONLY EXPAND BY 5% WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR?



OK, so its just an extra $3 per year (approximately), you think, that's not that bad.  Well did you know you 

were already the 6th HIGHEST taxed county in Illinois?


.

So when are you taxed enough?  Until Will County has the highest property taxes in Illinois?  Will County 
is still fluctuating between 9-to-10% in unemployment, was this the right time to tax citizens?



Has the economy improved enough to warrant an increase in property taxes?
You decide:



Here (below) are the unemployment statistics provided by the Will County Workforce Board, you 
decided if these are the most correct statistics, and then still ask yourself, "Did I vote in 2012 for 
Walsh Sr. to raise my taxes?"  "Wasn't the duty of the County Executive to improve the economy and 
have reasonable taxes? So why is the unemployment rate going up and taxes going up?" "Was this 
the best time to raise taxes?"  "Am I on a fixed income and can I afford this one more increase on 
my wallet?"  "When will the Walsh's stop taxing us?"

March 2013, Rockford Register Star Newspaper Reports:

""Illinois lost more than a half-million residents between 2000 and 2009. Data from the 2011 U.S. Census
puts the state's net migration at 79,459 people - the second biggest population loss in the country. Between
1995 and 2009, one taxpayer moved out of Illinois every 10 minutes.Why are population numbers so
important? Population is central to commerce, employment and revenue generation for both the private
sector and governments."

"According to a November 2012 Brookings Institute study, Illinois must add 500,978 new jobs to fill its
"jobs gap" - the number of jobs Illinois needs to create to return to pre-recession employment levels.

"Other experts say the job gap is actually 641,000, which would be the number of jobs the state needs
to recover to its peak employment level reached in November 2000, according to the Illinois Economic
Review report published by the University of Illinois in January 2013.""
"

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