Governor Bruce Rauner (R) is about to loot local government to fund 50 years of malfeasance

[mikekohr]

below is my summary of how our small (population 35,000) county will be affected by the transfer of our State of Illinois fiscal problems onto our local taxpayers. It's gruesome.

HOW MUCH DOES GOVERNOR RAUNER”S BUDGET PLAN MEAN TO BUREAU COUNTY?
-Here’s the details. Prepare to looted-
by mike kohr, Bureau County Board, District 18

Governor Rauner’s proposed budget has so many flaws in it, that it would be difficult in one short piece to cover them all in detail. But perhaps the most galling is the transfer of the State’s problems onto county and local governments. County, village and city governments have had no part in the State’s 50 year record of underfunding of the pension systems, but Governor Rauner is proposing they help pay for Springfield’s fiscal malfeasance.

We have lived within our means. We cut, scrimped, shaved and saved yet proving the old axiom that no good deed goes unpunished, Governor Rauner is proposing reducing the local share of State Income Tax from 8% to 4% as our reward. Below is a breakout of what Governor Rauner’s proposal means to your community and county:
1. Bureau County Government: -$439,894.00
2. BC Mass Transit (BPART) -$212,122.00
3. Arlington -$9,537.00
4. Bureau Junction -$15,912.00
5. Buda -$26,585.00
6. Cherry -$23,818.00
7. Dalzell -$35,431.00
8. Depue -$90,825.00
9. Hollowayville -$4,151.00
10. Ladd -$63,993.00
11. Lamoille -$35,875.00
12. Malden -$17,888.00
13. Manlius -$17,740.00
14. Mineral -$11,711.00
15. New Bedford -$3,706.00
16. Ohio -$25,350.00
17. Princeton -$378,521.00
18. Seatonville -$15,516.00
19. Sheffield -$$45,759.00
20. Spring Valley -$274,650.00
21. Tiskilwa -$40,965.00
22. Wyanet -$48,971.00
Total Reductions -$1,838,920.00

I urge everyone to consider how this will impact your communities and county. I urge you to contact your Representatives and Senators and the Governor himself. Springfield created the State’s fiscal problems over a period of 50 years. The solution should not be bore on the backs of those that lived with-in their means and governed responsibly and prudently.


Special thanks to Rosemary Laudani for providing the link to this information.
link to full article:
http://www.rebootillinois.com/2015/02/24/editors-picks/mattdietrich/how-much-would-your-town-lose-in-proposed-rauner-budget-find-out-here/33714/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2/25/2015

[marym625]

1. I hate him

Just hate. I hope that those who voted for him that are from these smaller areas will finally get what a horrible pos he is

[mikekohr]

3. It was the let down in Cook County and the collar counties that put this asshat in office

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=859464927427194&set=gm.10152476752046381&type=1&theater

[marym625]

4. Southern Illinois helped

But yeah, Chicago needs to kick it up. Still shocked anyone voted for him. He's seriously worse than walker.

[mikekohr]

5. A Pox on their house as well. But he real numbers are up north as noted above.

[Martin Eden]

2. My wife knows a lot of teachers who voted for Rauner

We live in Republican-dominated DuPage County, and just because someone teaches in a high school doesn't mean they know squat about politics or how they're cutting their own throats voting for politicians who want to bust their unions.

[mikekohr]

11. Union members that voted for Rauner, OR failed to support former Gov. Quinn

remind me of the old H.L. Menken quote that, "Democracy is the notion that people know what thy want,........and deserve to get it good and hard."

[ladjf]

6. Illinois is sinking fast. Somebody there need to start

doing something about their political slide. (Easier said than done.)

[blkmusclmachine]

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[appalachiablue]

8. Sorry to see this, what a monster. And good grief, in Illinois-

[Sunlei]

9. local city bookkeeper embezzled more than $53 million from her Illinois community

Illinois has deep corruption problems even at the most local of levels. I don't know how any state can survive money problems like this. This small town was audited by the state gov. several times.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ex-bookkeeper-20-years-stealing-53-million-article-1.1264369

[mikekohr]

10. Rita Crundwell, thank God she was a Republican, in Ronald Reagan's home town

When I served on our Township board 7 different people looked at and audited the bills for the Road Commissioner and the other general bills of the Township. People thought this was overkill.
Crundwell on the other hand oversaw all income and all out going bills. Dixon was set up under the old commissioner form of government, which was a lot looser and far fewer checks and balances.
I'd rather have a tad of overkill when it comes to oversight than what existed in Dixon.