Russell Would Sponsor Line Item Legislation

An inquiry was sent to all incumbent and challengers for the the 46th Senate District and the 92nd Legislative District regarding the sponsorship of legislation.....

Senator Shadid and Representative Schock and Candidates Koehler, Russell and Spears:

If you are elected in this fall election, would you be willing to sponsor a state law to have the PBC portion --- the tax rate and amount to be listed as a separate line item on taxpayers' property tax bills in the state of Illinois?

Yes or No and why.

ONLY one response received to date from the 13 October 2006 inquiry. Perhaps it was too scary for any other candidate to answer due to the date sent. Thanks Ernie!

Karrie,Thank you for your email. I appreciate that you are taking the time to check out where my opponent and I stand on the issues, not just what you read in the paper. To answer your question, I would be happy to sponsor a bill to list the PBC tax rate and amount as a separate line item on tax bills. I believe that this is important because the people of Peoria deserve to know where their tax money is going. A responsible government must be accountable to the people, and transparency is the first step to responsibility.Karrie, if you have any other questions, please feel free to email me again.Thanks,Ernie

More information for consideration when you take your voting privilege to the polls on November 7th.

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Sorry to have not kept up with the Blog and the entire school issue over the summer. When one's mom dies unexpectedly, a daughter is just at a loss (probably a son too).

Sadly, the administrators and elected officials for both D150 and the PPD just don't get it. Their mantra is like the Borg -- 'Resistance is futile' as they continue on their misguided path to build a school in the park or perhaps more schools in/near additional PPD park land, especially if SB2477 is overridden during the Fall Veto session by the efforts of Sen. Shadid, Rep. Leitch and Schock-- the money will be more than $60 million to bond for school construction.

An update to the Alms/Partridge lawsuit against the PPD for alledged Open Meeting Action Violations is that Judge Barra has set a trial date of December 7, 2006.