Maybe we could rent the empty half of city hall to someone. Or sell it.

They don't get it!! As a home owner our taxes are out of control!! How much of our take home pay do they want? Maybe the pensions need to be looked at for future folks. I don't get a pension do you? If you already have the best benefits a reality check is the right thing. Our politicians continue to kick the can down the road. We'll only give you a 1% raise but you will have the worlds greatest pension. Quit selling the farm, our kids will have to pay for it. Maybe we should move and then let's see where they will get the money!!

Brian does a great job with time value of money. Oswego Village could be in worst shape. The taj ma hall (?) was done before him.

MMMM lets see election on the calendar. Early voting available. I guess a lot of home work of attitude and entitlement in Kendal County needs to be thought out. The tax payers owe nobody but creditors. We have been raising this attitude issue for years. Now is our opportunity for new folks. Its a leap of faith and research from local to federal. Show no fear or alliance.

I believe in people. People want to take care themselves and family. People want to work. People do not want hand outs. And locally people want to see the spenders. Everything on line...tax payers want to work. Pride! and integrity!

When is all the pensions that are unsustainable locally going on the Patch.

Peace,

Jerri

Here is why Brian has to keep dumping taxpayer money into the Pension Pool. All public workers for the Village, and Fire District have recently unionized. What does that mean, collective bargaining, and in Police and Fire Binding Arbitration. Big for Police and Fire. Huge wages and Pensions YOU WILL FUND. And here’s what our (state) political geniouses have done for you. They cut a deal to guarantee that police and fire will be funded or the state will do the following. 40 ILCS 5/4-118
(b-5) If a participating municipality fails to transmit to the fund contributions required of it under this Article for more than 90 days after the payment of those contributions is due, the fund may, after giving notice to the municipality, certify to the State Comptroller the amounts of the delinquent payments, and the Comptroller must, beginning in fiscal year 2016, deduct and deposit into the fund the certified amounts or a portion of those amounts from the following proportions of grants of State funds to the municipality:
(1) in fiscal year 2016, one-third of the total
amount of any grants of State funds to the municipality;
(2) in fiscal year 2017, two-thirds of the total
amount of any grants of State funds to the municipality; and
(3) in fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the total amount of any grants of State funds to the municipality. Cutting Muncipal funding to pay big pensions GUARANTEED For Police and Fire Only.

Recipe for relief:
1) Donate Chicago to the Federal Government like Maryland did with Washington.
2) Make Illinois a right to work state.
3) Eliminate public unions.
4) Watch prosperity come to Illinois!