Quotes by Robert Slattery

“In Illinois, it is illegal to levy a tax for one purpose and to then divert the funds and spend them for another purpose.”

“However, these suits likely wont move forward until the appeals process is finished in this initial case.”

“Its the correct decision. Ive had tremendous confidence since I filed the lawsuit. It was such a clear-cut abuse of the tort fund. Because of this decision, the taxing bodies may have to pay 15 to 20 percent of the more than $1 million that was illegally used to the estimated 2,000 taxpayers who joined the lawsuit.”

“School districts throughout the state are using the tort fund to balance their budgets because they can secretly, without voter approval, impose a virtually unlimited tax. This is a widespread practice throughout the State of Illinois. The Stephenson County cases are the first cases in the State of Illinois to successfully challenge the illegal use of the tort fund to pay salaries. [So far] the taxpayers [have] won the majority of the issues that were before the court.”