Special Election Visit from Carnac the Magnificent

"They will add on the amount from the Police Pension tax line, just because it has 'Peoria Hts' next to it on the tax bill."

Rip open the hermetically sealed envelope.

"How will the Peoples Party hierarchy and Poison Pen try to make a lie out of the Village tax rate going down over the last few years?"


I'm going to have to contact Carnac the Magnificent more often over the next week and a half. I should have predicted this one, myself. You see, the Peoples Party hierarchy and Poison Pen don't want to hear the fact that the Village tax rate has gone down the last few years. Why? Because part of their scheme in the upcoming election is to make it look like the Heights is falling apart, and that we're going to have to raise taxes, blah blah blah.

So, in order to circumvent the facts (something that the Peoples Party hierarchy and Poison Pen are quite adept at), they decide they will add an unrelated tax line from the property tax bills, in order to try and make it look like I'm lying about the fact that Village tax rates HAVE gone down.

Which tax line is that? The Police Pension line, of course. It is a completely separate tax line from the Village tax line. The Police Pension amount is set by the Illinois State Insurance Commission. It's out of our hands. The Commission sends the amount assigned to the County, which in turns puts the amounts on the tax bills. I'm surprised that the Peoples Party hierarchy and Poison Pen didn't add on the tax lines for District 325, the Airport Authority, and ICC, along with that. I'm sure if they thought they could POSSIBLY get away with it, they would have.

Here is the fact: the Village tax rate, the amount that goes into funding what the Heights DOES, like street repairs, employee payroll, snow plowing, etc., HAS GONE DOWN over the last few years. From .16983 to .13415.

It's a fact that the Peoples Party hierarchy and Poison Pen don't like, but it will remain a fact. If you want to verify it by viewing my tax bills for 2006 and 2009, let me know. Call me at 688-6869, or e-mail me at marcus57@aol.com, and I will get copies to you. BEFORE the election, if you contact me before Tuesday the 5th.

Looks like I'd better put Carnac on my speed dial, because I'm pretty certain his skills will be needed when the likely Peoples Party newspaper comes out this coming Friday.