Posts tagged PROPERTY TAX HIKES
Austin Ballot Initiative Mandating City Audits Faces Union Opposition
October 1, 2026 // In February, Austin’s city council approved a labor consultation agreement with the local AFSCME chapter, making it the first city in Texas to do so. Earlier this month, a political action committee named “Don’t DOGE Our Austin” filed a campaign treasurer appointment with the city clerk listing AFSCME Local 1624 business manager Carol Guthrie as the treasurer.
Illinois: UNIONS SPEND NEARLY $5M TO PUSH PROPERTY TAX HIKES THROUGH AMENDMENT 1
June 29, 2022 // Illinoisans already suffer under the highest state and local tax burden in the Midwest, thanks to generous contracts and retirements won by powerful public unions from the elected leaders they helped bankroll. If Illinois becomes the only state to enshrine union powers in its constitution, taxpayers will face ever greater demands. progressive tax, fair tax, Mike Madigan, Boeing, Caterpillar, Citadel, constitutional amendment