SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Representatives Martin McLaughlin (R-Lake Barrington), Jennifer Sanalitro (R-Hanover Park) and Jason Bunting (R-Emington) participated in a press conference on Wednesday to layout their concerns with Governor Pritzker’s BUILD Plan and his proposed $60 million dollar cut to local governments.
Representative Martin McLaughlin (R-Lake Barrington) said “Talk is cheap but it’s far too expensive for taxpayers thanks to Springfield Spend-o-crats”
McLaughlin continued: “LGDF is not a republican, democrat, or independent issue. It is simply good policy and gives us a chance to lower our property taxes for everyone in my district and we can do it in two weeks if the other side of the aisle will finally put our money where their mouth is.”
“Illinoisans don’t want us to play political games, they want us to work together to solve the state’s problems” McLaughlin concluded.
Rep. Sanalitro, the two term lawmaker from DuPage County, said her concerns stem from usurping local zoning authority from townships, municipalities and counties and replacing it with one size fits all mandates codified in State statute.
“This isn’t just a fight over local control and zoning authority… This is a fight for the individual character of each community across Illinois’ said Sanalitro. “Residents and leaders from communities like Elk Grove Village, Addison, and Roselle have used their local zoning codes to preserve their unique character and maintain property values, but the Governor’s BUILD Plan would take all that away.”
Sanalitro also raised concerns for communities around Chicago’s World Class O’Hare International Airport. “In O’Hare-area communities, developers could start tearing down long-coveted single-family homes to build multifamily housing. Clogging streets with parking problems and introducing more transient rental living into stable suburban neighborhoods.”
Representative Jason R. Bunting (R-Emington) echoed many of the same concerns: “Decisions should be made – as much as possible – by our neighbors. Not by some far-off bureaucracy trying to impose one-size-fits-all statewide solutions on every community in the state.”
Bunting also made remarks about large scale solar projects being built in rural Illinois communities: “I have heard from local leaders who have concerns about large green energy projects being built in their communities. Even though they have been elected to represent their neighbors, they have been shut out of the discussion of these projects.”
Video from the press conference can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prmz0c5QUD4
###
For more information, please contact State Representative Martin McLaughlin’s district office at 224-634-8300 or visit RepMcLaughlin.com.
State Representative Martin McLaughlin serves the residents of the 52nd District which includes the following Northwest Suburban communities in Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties: Algonquin, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Cary, Deer Park, Fox River Grove, Grayslake, Hawthorn Woods, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Island Lake, Lake Barrington, Lake In The Hills, Lake Zurich, Lakemoor, Libertyville, Long Grove, McHenry, Mundelein, North Barrington, Port Barrington, Round Lake, South Barrington, Tower Lakes, Volo, and Wauconda.