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Stop the Rt. 53 Tax Hike!

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Barbara Klipp
11 years ago

This road is not needed and will only INCREASE the traffic in Lake County in addition to the financial shortfalls. If I wanted to live in Schaumburg, I would have moved there!

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Heather Powell
11 years ago

yes I agree leave nature alone.

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Dan Anselmo
11 years ago

Use the money towards public transportation and leave nature alone

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Carol Niec
11 years ago

i was opposed and testified against Route 53 as a tollway going back 12 years when I testified at hearings and before the Lake County Board against it! I feel the same about it today as I did then. I believe we need better access to public transportation and other solutions to the traffic problems than a massive highway. More roundabouts. Widening more two lane roads such as had been done with Route 45 and 176 and others. A large project to make a Route 53 tollway is a BIG waste of taxpayer dollars and really is for the purpose of enriching the construction companies who benefit from the contracts.

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Joseph Marencik
11 years ago

There's a reason this road has not been built and it should stay that way.

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Sean Murphy
11 years ago

We can't afford to spend billions of dollars we don't have.

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Diane Ower
11 years ago

No new tolls! The TIF will take your community tax money and put it in the toll road funds.

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Gerri Songer
11 years ago

Ownership/Right to Needed Right of Way for 53/120 is awarded to a "Private Corporate Applicant" (Meeting 3 of Finance Committee). Local property taxes should not be taken from schools and awarded to private corporations. What freight will be shipped on this road? Will it look like our railroads? Also, who will be able to pay $5 each way, $10 a day, $50 a week, $200 a month, $2400 a year to commute? This is discriminatory.

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Robert Laughlin
11 years ago

Enough is enough. We cannot let this happen.

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Tim Votapka
11 years ago

In a state that is already bankrupt it is irresponsible to even be considering such frivolous spending

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Robert Cappalli
11 years ago

I have sent Craig Taylor opposing the taxe increase It's irresponsible!

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Liz Blasgen
11 years ago

We already pay high taxes to live here in this rural setting. I'm concerned about our property values.

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Laurie Haas
11 years ago

NOOOOO!!!!

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John Shang
11 years ago

Stop the Rt. 53 extension

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Dorothy Olendzki
11 years ago

PLEASE don't increase my taxes, my pension and social security are fixed, where am I supposed to get it from???

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Ken Olendzki
11 years ago

Raise taxes only after deficit is fixed. We can all survive with existing roads.

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Merritt Schuneman
11 years ago

We are in a deflationary cycle' toll need to come down everywhere.

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Lucien Charland, Jr
11 years ago

Keep Lake County open and beautiful.

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James O'Connor
11 years ago

we do not support the 53 extenstion as a tax raising toll road.

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James Godshalk
11 years ago

Please do NOT build this road