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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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.


Schaumburg’s Lobbyist Paid to Lobby Mayor Larson With Taxpayer Money?

The company awarded multiple lobbying contracts by the Village of Schaumburg board & Mayor Larson made a direct donation to Larson’s campaign fund. A clear conflict of interest.


Mayor Larson’s Billion Dollar Airport Blight

Bad government policy in Schaumburg has destroyed 1,600 local jobs and over $150 million in downstream economic activity in the local economy every year.


Time to Rethink the Inefficient Schaumburg Trolley Program

It’s time to privatize & sell the Schaumburg Trolley. To provide a business friendly environment and promote economic development in Schaumburg the best policies to pursue are to limit unnecessary government spending & lower taxes.

Read | 1 Comment | Tags: Blog · Features · Taxes

Have You Ever Wanted to Run For Local Office but Didn’t Know Where to Start?

The Village of Schaumburg elections for Mayor, Trustee (3 positions), and Village Clerk is coming up soon. November is the deadline for candidates to submit their petitions for office.


Illinois Turnaround Tour Hits Schaumburg

Collection of moments from the Illinois Turnaround Tour visit to Schaumburg, IL, which took place on August 24, 2010.


Audit Reveals 13 Facts About Schaumburg Flyers & Village Relationship

13 alarming facts about the Schaumburg Flyers and the Village of Schaumburg’s relationship revealed in an audit performed by the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition.


Schaumburg Flyers Investigation Documents

This page contains documents from the Schaumburg Flyers Financial Investigation.


Poll: Large Majority of Illinois Voters Think State Is on the Wrong Track

I thought I would share this very interesting survey commissioned by the Illinois Policy Institute. It turns out a lot of people in Illinois (Democrats, Republican, and Independents) think a lot like me. Here are the results:

A large majority …


Schaumburg Weekly News Tweets 2010-08-16

  • 56th District rivals share views on fixing budget. Ryan Higgins & Michelle Mussman. http://ow.ly/2pApN #
  • Keeping it classy Gov. Quinn RT @capitolfax: #twill Quinn to Illinois Policy Institute: Pinheads! http://bit.ly/deotlt #
  • Schaumburg Business Association announces a candidates

Schaumburg Weekly News Tweets 2010-08-09


Illinois Turnaround Tour Comes to Schaumburg August 24th

The Illinois Turnaround Tour is stopping in Schaumburg on Tuesday, August 24, and you’re invited to join us.


Schaumburg Weekly News Tweets 2010-08-02


Schaumburg Township Area Transparency Results, 4 of 18 receive passing grades

An 6-month follow up audit of the Schaumburg Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed that still only 4 of 18 local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.


Schaumburg Weekly News Tweets 2010-07-26


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