Monday, December 19 - Witness Slips for Assault Weapons Ban / TIF 101 for Candidates & Campaigners
Action You Can Take Today
Action 1: Due TOMORROW, Tuesday, December 20 before 10 a.m. - Fill out a witness slip for the Protect Illinois Communities Act (HB5855) - Proponent
Action 2: TIF 101 for Candidates & Campaigners on Saturday, January 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ($50 per ticket)
Action 1: URGENT Witness Slips for Assault Weapons Ban
State Representative Bob Morgan introduced the Protect Illinois Communities Act (HB5855) last week, which includes several key measures to advance gun safety in Illinois, including a ban on assault weapons, increasing the FOID eligibility age to 21, and strengthening the Firearms Restraining Order to keep guns away from dangerous people.
Specifically, this bill:
Makes it unlawful to manufacture, deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased or cause to be possessed by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge.
Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, except possession of weapons registered with the Illinois State Police in the time provided.
Provides exemptions and penalties.
Prohibits the manufacture, delivery, sale, purchase, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Here’s how you can help: We need witness slips for TOMORROW, Tuesday, December 20 at 10 a.m.
How to fill out a witness slip:
Name, Address, City, State, Zip: Complete (no dots or abbreviations)
Firm/Business: "none" or "self"
Title: "self"
Email and phone: Complete these lines
Representation: "self"
Position: Under “Subject Matter” select “HB5855” and select "PROPONENT" to support HB5855
Testimony: Check "RECORD OF APPEARANCE"
CAPTCHA: Fill out
ILGA Terms of Agreement: Check box to agree
Action via Indivisible Illinois
Action 2: TIF 101 for Candidates & Campaigners on 1/7
If you are running for office in Chicago or helping someone run - then you MUST know about Chicago's out-of-control TIF program! Chicago's Tax Increment Financing Program (TIFs) have been in place since 1986. This workshop is aimed at candidates, campaigners, and community advocates and will explain how TIFs work and reveal hitherto unknown details about this massive program.
We will share the headlines from CivicLab's report on all of Chicago's active TIFs for 2021. We will cover the basics of how TIFs work and walk through the public policy issues that TIFs present to our communities.
The presenters will be Phillip Thomas and Tom Tresser of the CivicLab's TIF Illumination Project. We have presented on civic finances at over 185 public meetings since 2013!
Join the workshop on Saturday, January 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ($50 per ticket).
Action via CivicLab
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