Ted joined Ray Stevens to talk about IL House Bill 4582, which removes an automatic referendum requirement for building projects that increase Pre-K or kindergarten classroom space, and how it stands to balloon school district debt.
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Audio and summary 
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Well done Effingham Unit 40 voters!! Thank you Ted for sharing our story!
Taxpayers should have final say on school finance and curriculum issues. Taxpayers are paying the bills, not school boards or teachers.
The education racket don’t need no stinking referendums, it’s their money. Were I a board member I’d insist on referendums for major projects. Fair is fair and right is right. Or should be.
In a state full of compliant, blue voting sheep, they don’t have to ask us anything, they are simply following the lead of Pritzger. Want to raise the cost for license plates from $50 to $149? Okay! Want to raise the gas tax every six months? Sure! Want to pad an already bloated government work force with more useless employees? Yay! Want to have piles of dreck from every corner of the world be invited to live here on your dime? Okie dokie! It will never end with a smug trust fund baby in charge.
This law is like how a company automatically enrolls you in a service without your explicit consent and requires you to actively cancel to avoid charges. This is called negative option marketing. Consumers have been complaining about this practice for years. The practice has drawn considerable attention from regulators like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has taken steps to address consumer concerns. With this law, School Districts can without reasonable notification or your consent, decide to take more money from you (Sign you up) for their purposes and then providing an unreasonable time frame for you to react and jump… Read more »