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Americans For Prosperity Illinois Deputy Director Brian Costin
says at a taxpayer cost of $80,000, Township High School
District 214 in Arlington Heights conducted political-style
polling designed to test messaging and measure voter sentiment
ahead of a potential property tax increase referendum. Costin
warned similar things could be happening elsewhere.
“In some of these cases before, there's not a lot of avenue for
citizens to do anything about it,” Costin told The Center
Square. “It's supposedly illegal. Sometimes they cross the line,
sometimes they don't.”
Costin wants Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to issue an
opinion about the matter.
“We think that taxpayers need a little bit of defending in the
state of Illinois, and that's what we're trying to do,” he said.
Asked about the issue by The Center Square last week, Raoul said
he was “not informed on that.”
“The majority of criminal cases in the state of Illinois, in the
structure of our criminal justice system, are prosecuted by
local prosecutors,” Raoul said.
Costin said he is looking for the AG to provide clarity.
“We need someone to step in and make sure that taxpayers are
being protected and local governments aren't engaging in
prohibited political activity that tip the scales in favor of
tax hikes on the people of Illinois, who are the most taxed
people in the entire country,” Costin said.
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