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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Judge: No Reason to Consolidate D39 and D97 Lawsuits

Herbert Sorock and Taxpayers United of America's motion to consolidate the District 39 lawsuit with District 97's failed Monday.

A Cook County Court judge dismissed a request on Monday to consolidate two lawsuits against Wilmette School District 39 and Oak Park School District 97. Judge Moshe Jacobius denied the motion, petitioned by plaintiff Herbert Sorock, a Wilmette resident, and Taxpayers United of America (TUA), stating there was not sufficient grounds for consolidation. TUA argued that both lawsuits were based on faulty ballot language that each school district used to pass recent referendums increasing property taxes. TUA said that by failing to include the Illinois state equalizer in their calculations, the districts understated the effects of the increases on homeowners. Consolidating the two lawsuits would have lessened the financial burden on Oak Park …

Wilmette Voter

1:04 pm on Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Thanks Patch for continuing to follow this case and posting updates. I hope the courts continue to shut down these lawsuits which seem from every angle to be a huge resource drain. You are so correct LTR that not filing suits at all would've been the best way to save taxpayer (and school district) resources...   more ›

Monday, May 23, 2011

Judge Dismisses D39 Board Members From Lawsuit

The school district remains the sole defendant in the case.

The seven board members of Wilmette School District 39 will not be named as individual defendants in a lawsuit challenging the recently passed property tax referendum, according to an order by a Cook County judge. At a county courthouse on Monday morning, Associate Judge Rita M. Novak granted a motion to dismiss each board member of District 39 from serving as an individual defendant in a lawsuit filed recently by Wilmette resident Herbert Sorock. Instead, the district will be named as the defendant. A hearing for a temporary restraining order and injunction against the District 39 referendum has also been set for June 23, giving the plaintiff a chance to avert the property tax hike before July 1. “The judge made it clear that it's …

In this Article:

District 39 Responds to Referendum Lawsuit, District 39 Moves Referendum Forward, and UPDATED: D39 Referendum Passes

GrossPoint

12:02 pm on Wednesday, October 12, 2011

What a shocker, opened my property tax bill and there is a 3.3 multiplier on the tax rate increase...much as the lawsuit stated; much as the board obscured; and much as the superintendent hid from the voters. When you write your checks, remember the actual increase is 3.3 times the number that was on the referendum (and read some of the silly comments above trying to deny that).   more ›

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