Tim
Kraulidis
has a documented history of advocating for smaller, more responsible
government. He believes in fewer taxes, less government intrusiveness and more
accountability. He has appeared as a guest on WLS, WIND, WYLL and WGN radio
stations to debate and promote such matters. He is employed in the Industrial
Construction sector and has a B.S. degree from DePaul University College of
Commerce. Tim, his wife Debbie, and their children Noah, Haley and Dylan, live
in Plainfield Township.
He
is running to ensure that our local government is accountable with our tax
dollars, responsible in its spending, and effective in its oversight. In addition, he wants to make sure that
our community is protected from the encroachment of Chicago/Cook County
politicians and their attempts to purge Will County revenues to prop up their
own failing, bloated government.
Why
are millions of our tax dollars funding the CTA? That’s right, the “Chicago”
Transit Authority. This is just one of many examples of our tax dollars going
elsewhere. Our Democrat opponents
here in Will County have cozied up to the Chicago/Cook County machine which
takes every opportunity it can to siphon our tax dollars into to its coffers.
This needs to end! With your help, together, we can accomplish this. May I have
your vote on Nov. 6th?
·
Every year, Will County taxpayers, through sales tax and
income taxes export large percentages of their taxes out of Will County. The
Transfer of our revenue is inequitable. If left unchallenged, this inequity
will continue to grow.
·
The State Legislature has passed a new Congressional map. We
now have Congressman Dan Lipinski, Bobby Rush, and Jesse Jackson Jr.
representing Will County. We have gone from having two members of Congress
who need Will County to get elected to 4-5 members of Congress who can be
elected without paying any attention to Will County at all.
·
Our population has nearly doubled. Cook County has lost
hundreds of thousands in population, yet we still lose our representation. If
we need something in Will County, We have to go to a Chicago Congressman to
make our request.
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Since the 1960’s, the percentage of income tax that comes
from a given municipality or County that goes back to that town or County has
not changed. However, the legislature and Governor Quinn tried to take more
this year so that redistribution of revenues can find funding back to high
taxing, bloated governments such as Chicago/Cook County. They had several
proposals to siphon revenue from our area. One would cut Will County’s
percentages across the board. For
example, in real dollars, it would have been – approximately – a $800,000.00
cut to Mokena, a $700, 000.00 cut to Frankfort, well over $1 million for the
Joliet / Plainfield area, and an additional $1.5 million throughout the rest of
Will County. These are dollars paid by Will County residents that are
supposed to fund our local government. We were able to beat back this
attempt. We expect that they will try again. In addition, they will try to get
officials that put party over politics elected in our area. Together, we can
stop them. Let’s
put Will County first.
