May 16th, 2011 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes
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.
March 2nd, 2011 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features
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 …
February 23rd, 2011 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
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.
February 9th, 2011 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features
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 …
February 5th, 2011 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes
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!
December 26th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Schaumburg Politics
Please call 630-589-9240 or email bcostin@schaumburgfreedom.com. Anonymity and confidentiality are guaranteed.
December 18th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Corporate Welfare, Features
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.
November 29th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes
Schaumburg’s Hotel tax rate is the highest in the area at 14%, and threatens the long term future of the hotel industry.
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?
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 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 22nd, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Corporate Welfare
13 alarming facts about the Schaumburg Flyers and the Village of Schaumburg’s relationship revealed in an audit performed by the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition.
August 11th, 2010 | by SFC | published in
Brian Costin, as president and founder of the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition, won the Sam Adams Alliance’s 2010 Government Watchdog Award for advancing transparency and exposing waste in the village of Schaumburg.
As a result of his work, the village shut …
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 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.