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SS LL LL EN ai : : WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925 »- : } AERRRRRN aaa SSSA SSS SSA SRO OOS SR OS SSS I SIR 2 Lest We Forget -- A Statement by T. N. Thompson, President . ' : ; ; of the Wi : Village Election Tuesday, April 7, 1925 e nnetka Tax Payers League Polls open from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. Answering Mr. Rummler's Interview, March 31, 1925. . . The Tax Payers' League was not originated by non-residents of Issues of this Campaign Winnetka. It is purely a Winnetka organization, embracing in its Reduction of taxation. membership many persons who resided in Winnetka long before : ; : LL pelle hai rigs y Special assessments should not be levied where a majority of any of the committee supporting the * 1925 Village ticket knew those taxed are opposed to them there was such a place as Winnetka. The only deception practiced Public officers shotild be Fie to Hs will Eo on members of the League has been by those public officials of responsive to the will of the majority. whom complaint is made in this election. Mr. Rummler is at vari- THE QUESTION OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS ance with his committee when he says there is no such jssue as re- omy aaa, OR DO NOT duction of taxation. His committee, in its circulars advertising its PARKS BY A I Nl Op yymTyYR meetings, says: The current issues of this campaign are more im- BUT WHETHER PUBLIC OFFICIA Ls portant than any that have ever come before the people of Winnet- ELECTED TO MANAGE THE PARK OR ka for many years and then lists as one of those issues "taxes." 1 ' QTR ABFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE, WILL suggest Mr. Rummler and his committee get together. Sl AC N CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF : 3 ; : - ¥ 5 THE TAX PAYERS WHOM THEY EXPECT If those now in office (and now seeking a return to office) are B TO PAY THE BILLS. as anxious for lower taxes as any new man that could come in, it : would seem that anxiety is a sudden one. They have been in office . ' many years, and in the last five years of that time we have seen our Platform of the Winnetka Tax Payers' League taxes mount fourfold. : i ESOLVED, that we insist upon economy in the conduct of local affairs Mr. Rummler, as a lawyer, should know that it is not true to 0 i at us burden of taxation may be reduced. ev say that, if a majority is against it, no court would sanction a special thie cavtns Lys % id a Pe GE oo Pine Pond or assessment. He evidently has not read the law, and he evidently did § 5 ; Vinnetka on March , 1Y20, except the Sth . 1 < 'e ; §) paragraph thereof, which endorses the present Park Board and approves its not read the pamphlet gotten out by the Winnetka Tax Payers program. League, for if he had, he would have known that the court does not RESOLVED, that we disapprove of the conduct of the Park Board, in its concern itself in a special assessment proceeding with the wishes of present action with respect to the proposed acquirement of further parks on or the taxpayers, but only with the recommendation of the Park Board near the western edge of the Village at the expense of a few property owners and or the Village Board, because, when that matter has been urged be- we Sonia i Por Bone for not permitting, in its public hearing, called fore, the court has said: 'I'he only remedy of the people where as required by law, for the consideration of such matter, an open vote of those ; i as : Bt PAS HOCL TS lect new 2g "' property owners in attendance at such meeting, as to whether or not said park puplicaicids dn not obey them in {ius respect, i540 slocs hives should be acquired and paid for by special assessment against a portion only of But Mr. Rummler says, statements in our circular imply those the property owners of the Village. in authority did not sound out the taxpayers in regard to the propo- RESOLVED, that no special assessment proceeding entailing an expendi- sition. We surely did not mean to say they did "sound out" the tax- ture of $50,000, or more, to be paid for by special assessments or special taxes, payers. 'That has an ominous sound and we implied no such thing. shall be instituted, except after a referendum vote shall be taken thereon of the We merely said the law says they should have a public hearing, at resident property owners who may be assessed for said improvements, and not 'hich 5 dv should h 'They had th blic heari b if then, if it shall appear that a majority of such resident property owners are which somefody hoy ear, gy nad €: DUC, hearing shat A0 opposed to such improvement. one seemed to listen. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the nominees of the Winnetka Tax Mr. Rummler says no one ever comes to the public hearing un- Payers' League are pledged to carry into effect the foregoing resolutions. less he objects to the proposal under consideration. The law does . . . 1 3 J «l c J S J . 1 1 To vote for the candidetesawlio are standing on this platform, not prescribe who shall come and who shall stay at home. It calls for a public hearing to enable the property owners to determine mark your ballot thus: whether they will consent to or oppose the contémplated improve- ment. That some came who favored the improvement is manifest VILLAGE OF WINNETKA by the fact several spoke in favor of the park. Mr. Rummler wants to count the absent ones. He won't be able to do that on election 1925 Village Ticket Winnetka Tax Payers Ticket day. Again I say this is not a question of whether you do or do not For President For President favor the acquirement of the parks. The history of that transaction [[] JOHN S. MILLER [1 and its merits do not enter into this election. Many who support the For Trustee For Trustee Winnetka Tax Payers' ticket favor parks, but they do not favor them JOHN D. PIERCE [[] JUSTUS CHANCELLOR, JR. acquired by special assessment or at the expense of a few. Fae Trustee For Trustee i) Mr. Rummler does not seem to be able to see that there is a B.:1: RACLIN [[] PYTER JOHANSEN difference between not favoring parks and not desiring them at the For Trane Yor Trustee expense of a few. Those who foot the bills should be permitted to 1] Ne STRONG [J E REPLOGLE say whether or not the bills should be incurred. . o Teahstrer : For Tesumuee RETR Mr. Rummler's statement that it is all bosh about building ten- SV ILIAM RDAs [JARTHUR M ELOPPUER nis courts and baseball diamonds and bridle paths in the proposed For Marshal and Collector For Marsialand Collector k, like many of his others, is outside the issue, but it shows how [] THEODORE FLYNN [] GEORGE F. BATTEN por ; i'l i Ha a ran We ow Yor Limasy Trice Vor Library Wruster poorly poste e 1s upon the question . € 18 Iscnssing. MRS. CARRIE B. PROUTY I have before me a copy of the official notice of the Park Board For Library. Trusted For. Library Trustee for the time and place of the public hearing on the park question. [7] WALTER T. FISHER It recites that the land is to be acquired and improved by clearing, Vor Police: Magistrate For Police Magistrate seeding, constructing ditches, parking space, baseball fields, tennis [] CLARK T. NORTHROP [] courts, hockey field, golf course, and many other things. It would seem, Mr. Rummler to the contrary notwithstanding, that such : things were to be done. Does he think the Park Board was trying A WINNETKA PARK DISTRICT to fool the taxpayers, or is he only trying to fool them for campaign : : purposes? 1925 Park District Ticket Winnetka Tax Payers Ticket The residents of Winnetka are public spirited and take an in- . ; terest in public affairs when they are correctly informed about them. Vor Park: Commissioner For Park Commissioner Either Mr. Rummler or the Park Board was trying to fool the peo- : (55 Year Term) : {Six Year Term) ple in the above respect. We cannot think it was the Park Board. [RaRLAY W. CORVDRER [] CARL NIEMANN We prefer, rather than believe it to be our chosen public officials, [] SIDNEY WELLBELOVED [[] BERNARD E. HOBART to think it Mr. Rummler, the chairman of the Village caucus, speak- ing for campaign purposes. Cut thi t and t i i piss . on . 8 ont and talie It with you ig the polls If it is not Mr. Rummler so speaking: if he were not uninten- This is an election to establish these principles: Iet no influ- tionally in error, then the Park Board is further to be blamed for ence other than the public good be your guide in this election. Be not making the matter clear. If Mr. Rummler, with his legal ac- not deceived by false issues. You are either for or against the prin- umen cannot understand, how is the average taxpayer to under- ciples for which we stand. For the honor of Winnetka vote that vou stand? Remember, Mr. Rummler says, they like to understand what do unto your neighbor as you would have him do unto you. If vou is going on. [I think the taxpayers understand what the Park Board 'would have him vote taxes upon you without your consent vote them say is going on. If they do not mean what they say, we had better so on him. get a new board. Vote the Winnetka Taxpayers ticket. The Winnetka tax payers have no reason to change in any re- WINNETKA TAX PAYERS LEAGUE spect from the platform heretofore announced by them. They think bo" IR 3 they are in the right and that the tax payers of the Village are for ) I. N. Thompson, President, them in this fight. This is a fight for the principles announced in Ae: A. M. Kloepfer, Secretary. the Winnetka Tax Payers' platform and pamphlet. 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