Illinois REALTORS® handily defeated several municipal referenda which requested Home Rule authority in the November election. Home Rule was on the ballot in five municipalities: Prospect Heights (Cook County), Winthrop Harbor, Beach Park, Zion (all Lake County) and Lemont [...]
Voters in five Illinois communities soundly rejected efforts to become Home Rule units on Tuesday, underscoring voters' anxieties that supporting the measure would bring with it higher property taxes. Both Illinois REALTORS® and the consumer advocacy foundation Real Property Alliance worked [...]
Illinois REALTORS® is working to defeat referenda to establish home rule in Beach Park, Lemont, Prospect Heights, Winthrop Harbor and Zion on Nov. 6. REALTORS® have educated registered voters in these communities about the potential consequences of home rule. When [...]
Illinois REALTORS® is working hard to oppose several municipal referenda, involving Home Rule and the Real Estate Transfer Tax in the upcoming Election. Home Rule is being sought in five referenda that will appear on the November [...]
Illinois REALTORS® is working to defeat referenda to establish home rule in Beach Park, Lemont, Prospect Heights, Winthrop Harbor and Zion this November. During the next two months, REALTORS® will educate registered voters in these communities about the potential consequences [...]
Illinois REALTORS® will be working this fall to oppose several municipal referenda, involving Home Rule and the Real Estate Transfer Tax. Home Rule is being sought in four referenda which will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. These [...]
REALTORS® worked to defeat Home Rule ballot initiatives in three communities March 20. Accountability pledge by mayor fails to convince majority of Rockford voters Rockford voters said no to Home Rule on Tuesday, defeating an effort by city officials to take [...]
Merrionnette Park residents will go to the polls March 20 to cast ballots on a Home Rule ballot measure that could strip voters of the ability to have direct say on property tax levels and the implementation of new fees. This mailer [...]
