By: Diane Benjamin
McLean County Board Chairman Matt Sorenson appeared on WGLT yesterday. Either Bloomington passes 1/4 Sales Tax increase for mental health or the County will raise property taxes. http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2015/08/01262_sorenson_SI_MH_spot_web_180041.shtml
Instead of jumping at raising taxes, how about cutting administrators Matt?
Below is a list of every Taxing Body on the State Comptrollers website for McLean County. Every one has administrators, trustees etc paid with tax dollars. Every one levies taxes against people in their district. Many are never audited and/or citizens don’t even know they exist. Local media are obviously not reviewing anything they do. I’ve just brushed the surface on waste and taxpayer abuse in Stanford/Allin Township. What do you think is happening in all the rest?
From the Comptrollers Website: http://warehouse.illinoiscomptroller.com/ProcessSearchResults.cfm?DisplayMode=DrillDown&Showheader=Yes&DestinationPage=LandingPage&Code=Mclean&SearchType=AllUnits&originalSearchString=Mclean&CFID=13219064&CFTOKEN=7a44e68759e348a8-F0502463-5056-932D-88A0E3F56962BEA3
- Mclean County
- McLean Co USD 5 – a School District in Mclean County
- McLean Co. – a Housing Authority in Mclean County
- McLean Co. – a Soil And Water Conservation District in Mclean County
- Anchor – a Village in Mclean County
- Arrowsmith – a Village in Mclean County
- Bellflower – a Village in Mclean County
- Bloomington – a City in Mclean County
- Carlock – a Village in Mclean County
- Chenoa – a City in Mclean County
- Colfax – a Village in Mclean County
- Cooksville – a Village in Mclean County
- Danvers – a Village in Mclean County
- Downs – a Village in Mclean County
- Ellsworth – a Village in Mclean County
- Gridley – a Village in Mclean County
- Heyworth – a Village in Mclean County
- Hudson – a Village in Mclean County
- Leroy – a City in Mclean County
- Lexington – a City in Mclean County
- Mc Lean – a Village in Mclean County
- Normal – a Town in Mclean County
- Saybrook – a Village in Mclean County
- Stanford – a Village in Mclean County
- Towanda – a Village in Mclean County
- Allin – a Township in Mclean County
- Anchor – a Township in Mclean County
- Arrowsmith – a Township in Mclean County
- Bellflower – a Township in Mclean County
- Bloomington – a Township in Mclean County
- Bloomington City – a Township in Mclean County
- Blue Mound – a Township in Mclean County
- Cheneys Grove – a Township in Mclean County
- Chenoa – a Township in Mclean County
- Cropsey – a Township in Mclean County
- Dale – a Township in Mclean County
- Danvers – a Township in Mclean County
- Dawson – a Township in Mclean County
- Downs – a Township in Mclean County
- Dry Grove – a Township in Mclean County
- Empire – a Township in Mclean County
- Funks Grove – a Township in Mclean County
- Gridley – a Township in Mclean County
- Hudson – a Township in Mclean County
- Lawndale – a Township in Mclean County
- Lexington – a Township in Mclean County
- Martin – a Township in Mclean County
- Money Creek – a Township in Mclean County
- Mt. Hope – a Township in Mclean County
- Normal – a Township in Mclean County
- Old Town – a Township in Mclean County
- Randolph – a Township in Mclean County
- Towanda – a Township in Mclean County
- West – a Township in Mclean County
- White Oak – a Township in Mclean County
- Yates – a Township in Mclean County
- Adrian – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Allin – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Allin Township – a Park District in Mclean County
- Allin Twp – a Cemetery District in Mclean County
- Anchor-Cropsey-Lawndale-Yates – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Arrowsmith & Dawson – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Bellflower – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Bellflower-Cheneys Grove-West – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Bloomington – a Cemetery District in Mclean County
- Bloomington (City of) – a Housing Authority in Mclean County
- Bloomington SD 87 – a School District in Mclean County
- Bloomington Twp – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Bloomington-Normal – a Airport Authority in Mclean County
- Bloomington-Normal – a Water Reclamation District in Mclean County
- Bluemound & Martin – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Brokaw-Brining-Bailey-Linton – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Carlock – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Carlock – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Chenoa – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Chenoa – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Chenoa – a Park District in Mclean County
- Chenoa – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Clearview – a Sanitary District in Mclean County
- Cropsey – a Street Lighting District in Mclean County
- Dale Public – a Water Service District in Mclean County
- Dale Twp – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Dale-Allin – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Danvers Community – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Danvers Twp – a Water Service District in Mclean County
- Downs – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Downs-Old Town – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Dry Grove & White Oak – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Easterbrook – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Ellsworth – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Funks Grove & Mt. Hope – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Golden Prarie – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Golden Rule – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Gridley – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Gridley – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Gridley – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Heartland Community College 540 – a Community College in Mclean County
- Heyworth – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Heyworth CUSD 4 – a School District in Mclean County
- Hudson – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Hudson Area – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Kumler – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Lawndale-Cropsey – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Le Roy – a Park District in Mclean County
- Leroy Community – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Leroy CUSD 2 – a School District in Mclean County
- Lexington – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Lexington – a Park District in Mclean County
- Lexington – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Lexington CUSD 7 – a School District in Mclean County
- Lexington-Money Creek – a Multi Township Tax Assessment District in Mclean County
- Mackinaw – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Martin Twp – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Mc Lean County – a Public Building Commission in Mclean County
- Mt. Hope – Funks Grove – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Mt. Hope – Funks Grove – a Water Authority in Mclean County
- Mt. Hope-Funks Grove – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Mutual Benefit – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Normal-Towanda – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Octavia – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Octavia – a Park District in Mclean County
- Olympia CUSD 16 – a School District in Mclean County
- Patton – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Prairie Creek – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Randolph Township – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Ridgeview CUSD 19 – a School District in Mclean County
- Sabina – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Sangamon – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Saybrook-Arrowsmith – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Southeast Mc Lean County – a Water Authority in Mclean County
- Towanda – a Fire Protection District in Mclean County
- Towanda – a Public Library District in Mclean County
- Tri-Valley CUSD 3 – a School District in Mclean County
- Turkey Creek – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- White Star – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Yates – a Drainage District in Mclean County
- Yates – a Park District in Mclean County
Instead of taxing more, government needs to clean up its own house.
As County Board Chairman Matt Sorenson could lead the reforms needed.
Will he? Not a chance, unless citizens have had enough and start demanding it!
Click on any of the links to see what budget each has – especially on administration.
Who does he think he is by threatening Bloomington? Seems like a bully to me. Isn’t this the guy who is pushing for the East Side bypass? “my way or the highway”–pun intended.
The one and only! He’s also up for election next time.