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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE TAX TORNADO WARNING
NEWS POETRY SERVICE URBANA IL
318 PM CST TUES DEC 14 1999
THE NEWS POETRY SERVICE IN URBANA HAS ISSUED A
* TAX TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
PIATT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL MARCH 2000
* IN NOV/DEC 1999... DOPPLER TAX EQUITY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
TAX TORNADO ON THE HORIZON APPROACHING FROM THE CARLE CLINIC
ASSOCIATION IN URBANA...
MOVING TOWARD YOUR PAYCHECK AND PROPERTY TAX BILL WITH
INCREDIBLE SPEED.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS OUTRAGE INCLUDE...
URBANA AROUND $1.2M
BLOOMINGTON SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
MAHOMET SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
CHAMPAIGN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
MATTOON SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
DANVILLE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
MONTICELLO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
RANTOUL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
GEORGETOWN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
TUSCOLA SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS...
IN MARCH OF 2000 THE OWNERS OF THE CARLE CLINIC WILL PETITION
THE ILLINOIS HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING BOARD TO GAIN APPROVAL
FOR THE FOR-PROFIT CARLE CLINIC TO MERGE WITH THE NON-PROFIT
CARLE FOUNDATION. THE OWNERS OF THE CARLE CLINIC WOULD LIKE
THE RESULTING COMBINED ENTITY TO BECOME A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
WITH NO OBLIGATION TO PAY LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES. WHILE THE AMOUNT
OF THESE PROPERTY TAXES PALES IN COMPARISON TO PROFITS, THE LOSS
OF THIS MONEY WILL WREAK HAVOC ON THE AREAS GIVEN ABOVE.
ESTIMATED DAMAGES FROM THIS STORM IN URBANA ALONE INCLUDE A LOSS
OF OVER $630,000 TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT (THE EQUIVALENT OF
MORE THAN 22 TEACHERS OR ONE OF URBANA'S SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS),
LARGE CUTBACKS IN FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, REDUCTION IN LIBRARY
AND PARK DISTRICT SERVICES, AND ELIMINATION OF POLICE OFFICERS
ON THE STREETS.
DAMAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST SEVERE IN AREAS WITH TAX
CAPS IN PLACE.
REMEMBER THAT SEVERE TAX TORNADOES CAN AND USUALLY DO PRODUCE
MASSIVE REGRESSIVE INCOME REDISTRIBUTION IN THE FORM OF SHIFTED
TAX PAYMENTS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
CIVIC FUNDING REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BLOW AWAY. EXPECT TO FIND
YOURSELF PAYING THE TAX BILLS THAT BLOW AWAY FROM THE CARLE CLINIC.
EXPECT TO FIND YOUR HARD EARNED PAYCHECK SUCKED UP INTO CARLE
CLINIC PROFITS.
REMAIN CALM. THIS IS A FIGHT THAT CAN BE WON. THE MERGER AND
RESULTING NON-PROFIT STATUS DO _NOT_ FORCE CARLE CLINIC TO
CEASE PAYING LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES. WE MUST ATTEMPT TO (1) PERSUADE
THE 250 DOCTOR/BUSINESSMEN WHO OWN CARLE CLINIC TO VOTE AGAINST
THE PROPOSED MERGER IN FEBRUARY, (2) PERSUADE THE HEALTH FACILITIES
PLANNING BOARD TO REJECT THE PROPOSED MERGER, OR (3) PERSUADE
SAID BOARD TO STIPULATE THAT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH A MERGER CARLE
CLINIC IS NOT EXEMPT FROM PAYING LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
REMAIN ALERT TO THE MASSIVE IRONY OF NON-PROFIT STATUS BEING
SOUGHT MERELY TO INCREASE PRIVATE PROFITS.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU REMAIN COMPLACENT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE STAY TUNED TO
FAIR SHARE COALITION
44 EAST MAIN SUITE 208
CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820
-Maiko Covington
