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The Southwest News-Herald ran our recent ITEF Comment 12-6 as a Letter to the Editor. Every winning candidate for Governor since at least 1990 has promised not to raise the state income tax, and Judy Baar Topinka made a huge mistake by not making that promise.
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The Associated Press distributed a story all over Illinois (including ABC Chicago Ch. 7) about the University of Illinois Trustees wanting more money so they can pay professors “competitively” with private schools like Northwestern and the Ivy League. ITEF Executive Director Jeff Trigg doesn’t think it’s smart to jump off a bridge if everyone else is doing it. Below are only a few of the articles we found.

VIEW THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARTICLE
VIEW THE DAILY HERALD ARTICLE
VIEW THE BELLEVILLE NEWS_DEMOCRAT ARTICLE
VIEW THE JOURNAL GAZETTE - TIME COURIER ARTICLE

Several newspapers ran a Medill News Service story about the outcome of various referendums on the November 7 ballot, including the property tax increase referendums NTUI beat. The article below is from the NWI Times and it also ran in Pioneer Press newspapers. The voters knew the schools had enough money.

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You Can’t Be Governor Unless You Promise Not To Raise The Income Tax

Every winning candidate for Governor since at least 1990 has promised not the raise the state income tax. Republican Judy Baar Topinka made a huge mistake being wishy-washy about whether she would support an increase in the state income tax. Future candidates for Governor beware.

Click here to view the ITEF comment.

CHICAGO - By an almost 2-1 margin, J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 voters rejected a 64% property-tax-increase that appeared as a referendum on the November 7 ballot. Read more

… this Page 3 story in the Daily Herald about the Peraica/Stroger race called on NTUI President Jim Tobin to compare the candidates on fiscal issues.

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