The Roscoe Township levy increases are something the “Independents” hope you won’t ask about. They like to say they cut taxes by “lowering the tax rate.” Now, why would anyone say they “lowered the tax rate,” instead of “we CUT your taxes”? After all, most of us have seen our property taxes go up! We think the answer is they want to suggest to you that they cut your taxes, even though you’re paying more.
When confronted about people paying higher taxes, some of the “Independents” will claim it’s the county that raises your township taxes! Misleading you or passing the buck put us on alert to investigate. If you want the facts, keep reading.
The Facts
Here are the facts about taxes and the Roscoe Township levy increases, courtesy of the “Independents” (click here). As you can see, the property tax levies continue to increase, not at all at first and then at a much higher rate year over year. The end result was they collected $573,045 more from you than when Independents were first elected to govern Roscoe Township in 2017. This data was compiled from all the levies in the fiscal years lifted. You can see for yourself by submitting a FOIA request (click here).
“Independents” Raised your taxes!
What Will We Do?
We’re going to clean house and run our Roscoe Township the right way. We will make sure we don’t build overpriced park shelters or anything else. We’re going to cut waste and fraud. And we’re going to put an end to using the $700,000 property tax reserves as a slush fund!