Elliott Aviation Costs the District Funding Dec 13. 2012 | Comments (0)
"A bill awaiting Gov. Pat Quinn's signature would exempt Elliot Aviation Inc. from paying property taxes on land it leases from the Quad City International Airport" says The Dispatch on its Decenmber 12th issue. According the newspaper, Elliot Aviation is going to benifit from House Bill 4110 passed by the Illinios House and Senate. The Moline School District opposes this because 60% of all property taxes go directly to the School District. If Elliot Aviation is tax exempt then the Moline School District will lose 150,000 annually. That is enough to keep at least two full time teachers that would otherwise be cut. Elliot Aviation has refused to talk with Distrct Board members about supplementing all of the schools' lost income. This tax excemption will be permanent if Gov. Quinn signs it. Please contact your represenatives (Sen Jacobs, Rep Verschoore and Morthland) and call the office of the Governor as well as the Quad City Chamber of Commerce to protest the tax excemption. If Bill 4110 is passed our school district will face even greater cuts in education.
Email the Governor at this address:
http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Pages/ContacttheGovernor.aspx
Springfield
Office of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-0244
TTY: 888-261-3336
or
Chicago
Office of the Governor
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph, 16-100
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-814-2121
Please make your voice heard for our students. Thank you.
-- J.M.