If it were not for a Freedom of Information Act request, the Village of Schaumburg would still be hiding the $95,000,000 corporate welfare subsidy.

We strongly oppose the taxpayer financing of the O’Hare Airport expansion. We oppose it for the same reasons we oppose the taxpayer financing of the expansion to Schaumburg Airport.

The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition has learned that in order to achieve even a modest $2.2 million dollar loss the Schaumburg Convention Center is commanding huge sums of taxpayer money to pad the books favoribly.

With the taxpayer’s of Schaumburg funding millions of dollars for the local professional baseball team & stadium, we should at least recognize the taxpayer’s sacrifice in the renaming of the stadium to Alexian/Taxpayers Field.

Soaking the taxpayers again and again to operate and expand Schaumburg Regional Airport is exactly the opposite of smart planning for our village.

There is no time like now for Schaumburg to end corporate welfare, sell the stadium and the surrounding land to the highest bidder, and recoup as much of the taxpayers’ expenses as possible.

Have you ever connected the dots between Sam & Harry’s Restaurant and the Schaumburg Village Board? We have.

From the September 21st, 2005 Daily Herald article entitled “D.C. steakhouse chosen for new hotel Schaumburg wanted restaurant that would attract residents, …