Rick Lesser, State Representative, 58th District

State Representative, 62nd District

Dan Ugaste, State Representative, 65th District

Colonel Craig Wilcox, State Senate, 32nd District

Mary P., Chicago, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $179000, Present Value (2018), $276674, Property Taxes (2017), $5544, Total Taxes Paid, $105000, % Tax to Present Value, 38%, , , “All they want is money - they don't do anything for you.”

Billy V., Grayslake, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $296011, Present Value (2018), $237000, Property Taxes (2009), $5534, Property Taxes (2017), $7972, Total Taxes Paid, $63238, % Tax to Present Value, 25%, “I had to end up selling and move out of the state.”

Linda J., Chicago, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $82000, Present Value (2018), $278000, Property Taxes (2008), $2718, Property Taxes (2017), $6005, Taxes Paid Last 10yrs, $43000, % Tax to Present Value, >16%, “You can't keep killing the middle class.”

Bartlett and Patricia’s tax bill rose from $3,231 in 2002, or 1.5 percent of their home’s then-value, to as high 3.2 per cent at $6,718 in 2017.

Jamie paid about $296,000 in property taxes over a 25 years of Bull Valley home ownership, or 84 percent of the home’s final sale price. Meanwhile Jamie’s home value decreased by 35 percent.

He has paid about $177,467 in property taxes over a 13 year period of West Dundee home ownership, or 32 percent of the current asking price.