November 24th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Corporate Welfare, Features
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?
November 16th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features
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.
October 28th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Schaumburg Politics
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.
October 26th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Corporate Welfare, Features, Transportation
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.
September 30th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes
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.
September 21st, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Schaumburg Politics
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.
August 4th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features
The Illinois Turnaround Tour is stopping in Schaumburg on Tuesday, August 24, and you’re invited to join us.
July 29th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
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.
June 22nd, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transportation
Schaumburg’s Mayor Al Larson and Village Manager Ken Fritz are paid the 2nd highest monthly car stipend out of 158 governmental agencies in the North, West and Northwest suburbs at $693/month.
June 8th, 2010 | by SFC | published in Blog, Features, Press Releases, Public Safety
Cook County should stop treating its citizens as cash machines. The real issue is about government agencies making dubious safety claims and profiting off of red light cameras.
May 28th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, TIF Property Taxes
A recent report from the Daily Herald revealed the cash starved Village of Schaumburg that passed a monumental new municipal property tax has found $750K in cash for “historical preservation”.
May 14th, 2010 | by SFC | published in Blog, Features
Costin has pledged to repeal the property tax and enact laws that would require any future tax hike proposals to be voted on by the citizens of Schaumburg via referendum.
May 10th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes
From 1987-2009 Schaumburg’s budget grew 260% faster than population growth + inflation. It is set to grow 20% more from 2009-11.
May 9th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features
Why should the taxpayers of Schaumburg be forced to subsidize the promotion of politicians? Obviously, the answer is that it shouldn’t.
May 6th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Education, Features
Schaumburg Rep. Frohlich’s Support for Vouchers Lasts 7 Fleeting Seconds