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About: Brian Costin

Brian Costin
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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).

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SFC’s Costin Testifies on Dangerous Red Light Cameras in Springfield

In a survey of the existing studies on red light cameras, there are at least 9 studies that raise significant concerns about red light cameras. Each of these studies reports that red light cameras increase accidents instead of preventing them.

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Schaumburg Convention Center Due a Serious Review

The time is ripe for a top-to-bottom review of the convention center/hotel by a probing Village Board or independent citizen committee.

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Dist. 211 fails to deliver on 2005 promises

The superintendent said the debt was structured so that D211 will be debt free in 2008. Instead we have seen a 37% increase in debt.

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Transparency Project Sparks Overnight Improvements for School District 54

In less than 24 hours, School District 54 greatly expanded its transparency levels by posting its check registry, comprehensive annual financial report, budgets, and statements of affairs for the last 5 fiscal years on its financial information page.

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SFC’s President to Run for Schaumburg Mayor

Sign up for our newsletter here to stay informed of my campaign for Schaumburg Mayor and all of the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s activities fighting wasteful spending and high taxes in Schaumburg.

Sunday’s Daily Herald cover story broke the…

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Rebuttal to Village of Schaumburg’s Pro-Property Tax Flyer (Part 2)

Village employees handed out a flyer that was in direct response to harsh criticism the Village has received in regards to numerous examples of wasteful spending highlighted by the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition over the last few years.

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Rebuttal to Village of Schaumburg’s Pro-Property Tax Flyer (Part 1)

The citizens of Schaumburg deserve a full account of the truth in regards to this misleading flyer and the below article is part one of the response to the Village’s flyer.

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Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-12

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Big Salaries Contribute to Schaumburg’s Woes

Let’s take a second look at Village salaries before we permanently commit to a new huge property tax that will punish local residents and businesses.

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Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-05

  • Basketball Focus 2009 | Winning continues under Walsh at Schaumburg http://ow.ly/IZCO (Via @DailyHerald) #
  • A great Free-Trade opinion piece by Rep. Aaron Schock. "Why free trade equals free U.S.

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Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-11-28

  • I-Team Report: Multi-taxed "The truth about townships" ABC-7 BGA Investigation http://ow.ly/GwNi Cook County #
  • Veterans wall in Schaumburg Trickster Gallery honors Indians' service. http://ow.ly/GwL3 #
  • Retail

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Let the People Vote on Schaumburg Property Tax

The citizens of Schaumburg should have the power to approve or reject this property tax proposal at the ballot box.

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Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-11-21

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Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson to Hike Property Taxes

Mayor Larson is addicted to Tax & Spend Big Government. It really is time for a change of leadership at the top.

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Schaumburg Can’t Trust Trustees On Property Taxes

All 5 of the Trustees who said no to property taxes in 2004, have now voted in favor of the largest property tax increase in the history of Schaumburg.

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