North Cook News

Op-ed: Taxpayers need urgent relief, but Mark Walker squandered opportunities to rein in property taxes

By Jack Vrett | Oct 21, 2022

Residents in Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Palatine, Des Plaines, and Schaumburg are getting slammed with exorbitantly high tax assessments this year, shocking families who are barely hanging on under the combination of gas taxes, gas prices, and the price of groceries.

Op-ed: We cannot afford two more years of Mark Walker

By Jack Vrett | Oct 21, 2022

Since he was first elected as State Representative for our community, Mark Walker has rubber-stamped tax increases, out-of-control government spending, and extreme criminal justice reforms that make our neighborhoods less safe.