A tax increase a day keeps the jobs away
November 24th, 2008 | by Brian Costin Published in Blog, Features, Taxes, Transparency | 2 Comments
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!
2008-2009 Schaumburg Tax & Fee Changes
Hmm…that’s strange. Village President Al Larson claimed in his 2008 year end report in the Schaumburg Cracker Barrel publication that…
The spending plan called for no new taxes being imposed or tax rate increases. Water and sewer rates did increase 10.75% effective April 1, primarily due to increases in the cost of water from Chicago.
What about the other 368 tax & fee increases you conveniently forgot to mention Mayor Larson?
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition calls for Al Larson to print a correction and apology for misleading the citizens of Schaumburg in the next Cracker Barrel publication.
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