SPRINGFIELD - Just before adjourning Thursday afternoon, State Senator Terry Link (D-Gurnee) passed legislation that State Senator Dan Duffy (R-Barrington) says "guarantee[s] your property taxes will increase!"
Duffy described SB 2305, which, he said, will allow community college boards to borrow without limit and without voter approval. No Republicans voted for SB 2305 and several Democrats walked off the floor to record "NV" (not voting) on the roll call. The bill now proceeds to the Illinois House for consideration.
Indignant about the bill's passage, Duffy wrote on his Facebook page:
The roll call for SB 2305:
