The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition is led by Founder & Director Brian Costin. Costin is also the Assistant Director of Government Relations at the Heartland Institute in Chicago, IL. At Heartland, Costin’s responsibilities include: the recruiting, hiring, training, and managing of Legislative Specialists. The Government Relations team at the Heartland Institute works to encourage more legislators at the federal, state, and local level to embrace free-market ideas. Such ideas include parental choice in education, choice and personal responsibility in health care, market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of public services, and deregulation in areas where property rights and markets do a better job than government bureaucracies. Brian Costin holds a Master of Management of Nonprofit Administration degree from North Park University. He also graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in both Economics and Political Science. Previously, Costin worked in Operations Management and Business Development at United Parcel Service (UPS).
http://www.schaumburgfreedom.com
Considering the economic recession and the increased taxes the Village of Schaumburg has ALREADY asked local residents and businesses to pay in recent years, is it really a good idea to raise taxes yet again?
You are invited to join Wall Street Journal Senior Economic Writer Stephen Moore, Illinois Policy Institute Senior Fellow Marc Levine and other Illinois business leaders for a free job creation summit titled “How Capitalism Will Save Us” Sunday, May …
At the heart of Costin’s plan was a requirement that all new taxes as well as increases above the rate of inflation would require the approval of voters by referendum.
By JAKE GRIFFIN : “Schaumburg Twp. Elementary District 54 assistant superintendent earns $340,000” 5/11/2011
It’s the dream of every working stiff to be making more than the boss.
For Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 Assistant Superintendent Mohsin Dada, …
From the Brian Costin for Schaumburg Mayor campaign.
Transparency champion and 2010 Illinois gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski will join Schaumburg mayoral challenger Brian Costin on Friday, March 11 at a “Toast to Reform Schaumburg.” The event will raise funds for Costin, who is running in Schaumburg’s April 5 …
The BGA’s volunteer Citizen Watchdog Training is a free program that empowers citizens to keep an eye on their government and report about what’s going on in their local communities.
As a home rule community the Village of Schaumburg has the power to ask the citizens of Schaumburg to vote on each tax hike proposal through referendum.
Schaumburg’s elected officials have refused to seek the input of the citizens and …
Across all funds Village of Schaumburg expenditures are set to skyrocket from $190.4 million to $233.8M in just one year, a shocking 22.8% in just one year!
Despite recent reports of an imminent sale it looks like the Schaumburg Flyers are in some pretty serious legal trouble.
Please call 630-589-9240 or email bcostin@schaumburgfreedom.com. Anonymity and confidentiality are guaranteed.
The Northwest Suburban Taxpayers Union, a 501(c)3 organization in formation, is announcing its first organizational meeting.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
7:00-8:00 PM
Arlington Heights Village Hall
Buechner Room, First Floor
33 South Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005…
Before the vote, Brian Costin, who is running against longtime Village President Al Larson, asked the board to reject the request, saying the business should pay, not taxpayers.
Schaumburg’s Hotel tax rate is the highest in the area at 14%, and threatens the long term future of the hotel industry.
Why have Village officials looked the other way for the last 9 years, and perhaps longer, while the Schaumburg Flyers repeatedly defaulted on their obligations to the taxpayers?