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?

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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.""		"