Civic lesson for Leblanc and her ridulous web site

Leblanc and her  cronies at opposecampton are dumbasses. We know, we know, we are using "foul language", but we feel we need to express ourselves in a manner that everyone will understand. There is no other word which connotes the level of combined ignorance, arrogance and deception.  This whole notion about "TAXES" in the Village of Campton Hills that Leblanc is spewing has us really scratching our heads. Is Leblanc really this dumb?  We report, you decide.

We will speak in very general terms (high school level) and stay away from big words so Leblanc and opposecampton can follow along.  We apologize to all the regular folks for keeping things so basic.

1. The costs to run the Village are pretty much set. Whether a police officer is employed by the Village, the County, or the State, the salaries are pretty consistent. The types of services the Village provides are similar to, or the same as, the County did before the Village. The advantage to having a Village is better local control of how the money is spent--but regardless, the money is going to be spent.  So in simple terms, if it costs $10 a day for the Village to provide municipal services, it is likely to cost the County about the same. So who pays for these municipal services?  WE ALL DO through the payment of taxes.

2. Who taxes us? This is a simple question which leads to an obvious simpler question.  First, the answer is the Federal and State Government tax us all, and most other municipal entities can tax us as well. We pay Federal taxes, State taxes and County Taxes. We currently do not pay any Village taxes. So here is the real simple question: Does it really make any difference who taxes us?  The answer is pretty simply no. Your federal tax dollars find their way back to the Village by grants, loans and other forms of reimbursement. Most of the Roads in the Village and County are paid for by Federal Tax dollars.  Likewise, the State trickles down money to the local level as well.  For the Village of Campton Hills, much of its income comes from the taxes the State of Illinois collects on the Village's behalf, as well as the County. Here is the point: If you pay $10 a day for local services, it does not really matter whether you pay the Feds, the State, or the Village. So if the State used to collect your $10 but decides it does not want to do it any longer, then why does it really matter if the Village does it now?  It is merely a reallocation of tax.  $10 is $10, right?

Leblunk and her friends need some schoolin'

So why are we posting this simple truism about taxes?  Because LeBlanc's anti-Village web site is still claiming that the Village is going to tax the crap out of us all. Even though the financial records show a good financial surplus for the Village, LeBlanc claims they are lying--mind you, she offers no evidence of this, just the same baseless, dumb accusations.  But this whole taxing B.S. really has us wondering whether LeBlanc would bring the same type of expertise to the Village's financials as she did to her application to run for Village President (FAIL) or to Fox Mill's Budget (FAIL).  She really has no idea how anything works.

Finally, we are still waiting for SOMEONE to provide us with a single qualification that Leblanc possess that qualifies her to be Village President. Just one---PLEASE someone help us out here.