Considering the economic recession and the increased taxes the Village of Schaumburg has ALREADY asked local residents and businesses to pay in recent years, is it really a good idea to raise taxes yet again?

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!

From 1987-2009 Schaumburg’s budget grew 260% faster than population growth + inflation. It is set to grow 20% more from 2009-11.

Schaumburg Rep. Frohlich’s Support for Vouchers Lasts 7 Fleeting Seconds

Since the building was actually vacant for less than one year before the purchase on January 4, 2007, this building is not eligible for the 7B tax break.

Career Education says they cannot relocate their headquarters to the vacant building at 231 N Martingale without a 60% property tax break for 10 years. This claim is weak and unsubstantiated.

Due diligence by the Village is so perfunctory and meager that the Village Board and staff were not aware of what buildings were in their own Commercial Blight Area Resolution!

The Village of Schaumburg has passed 17 major tax hikes since Al Larson became Mayor in 1987. Over that same time period Village expenditures have exploded from under $25 million to over $200 million. Even after adjusting for inflation and …

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

On April 7, 2009, an astounding 91% of Schaumburg citizens voted to reduce the sales taxes locally by 1% on an advisory referendum. Only 7 days later, on April 14, 2009, Schaumburg’s Village Trustees and Mayor Al …

The Old Schaumburg Center parking lot plan is completely unnecessary, and an unfair advantage to a privileged few businesses at the expense of all other local taxpayers.

The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition calls on Representative Kirk and Biggert along with Schaumburg Representatives Peter Roskam and Melissa Bean to oppose H.R. 2454 and prevent our already struggling economy from being strangled by the largest tax increase in U.S. and World history.

As a Schaumburg resident, I am alarmed that our local leaders find no problem partaking in the debt-financed “stimulus” spending craze.

This primer on TIF’s comes from David Orr Cook County Clerk’s Office. He has achieved signicant reforms in TIF transparency in the last two years. Hopefully this usher in more transparency for Cook County and Schaumburg citizens in the future.

Did you know that Schaumburg has instituted 369 tax and fee increases over the past year? That’s more than one tax or fee increase for every day of the year!