More reasons to vote NO to a 1% Sales Tax increase

by: Diane Benjamin A 1% local Sales Tax increase went into effect in 2016. At least part of that was billed as money for “mental health”. It was really to pay for the jail addition. Since Illinois re-wrote criminal justice laws making holding offenders more difficult, is that new addition you are still paying for […]

Dave Selzer: Tax deadbeat

By:  Diane Benjamin Another reader called and said I should check McLean County Board member Dave Selzer’s property tax payment record.  See below from the County website:  http://mcleanil.devnetwedge.com/view/RE/14-27-254-012/2014 See this post from earlier today:  http://blnnews.com/2016/02/15/countys-david-selzer-them-vrs-us/ Selzer can’t pay his property taxes, but he wants to spend your money as a County Board member.  He was […]