Jim Dodge
Recent News About Jim Dodge
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Dodge calls out Springfield incompetence as Moody's reports unfunded pension growth in Illinois
Jim Dodge sees Illinois’ growing pension debt crisis as a grand indictment against the way lawmakers in Springfield do business.
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With second highest property tax rate in the nation, Dodge not surprised by state's outmigration issue
Jim Dodge wonders how much longer Illinois taxpayers are willing to be the victims before striking back to use all the power they have in their hands.
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Dodge questions lawmakers' judgment after tax break scandal
Jim Dodge, Republican candidate for state treasurer, can think of millions of reasons why taxpayers might not be willing to give lawmakers in Springfield the benefit of the doubt when it comes to anything tax related.
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Dodge blames Springfield corruption, complacency for CPS sexual abuse scandal
Jim Dodge thinks the Chicago Public School (CPS) system epitomizes everything that’s’ wrong with the Illinois government after the Chicago Tribune found approximately 40 students have been sexually abused over the last ten years.
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Dodge calls for more transparency in state finances, pension costs
Jim Dodge is convinced there’s a good reason lawmakers in Springfield work so hard to keep the way the state’s pension system truly operates cloaked in such high-level secrecy.
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Dodge says merging treasurer, comptroller offices best for Illinois
Jim Dodge is willing to put his money where his mouth is when it comes to his commitment to saving Illinois taxpayers money.
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Dodge sees November as referendum on Illinois' national standing
Jim Dodge thinks he knows why so many taxpayers across Illinois are now feeling squeezed.
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Dodge blames taxes for declining jobs, population
Republican Illinois State Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge thinks Springfield needs a certain type of lawmaker to have any real chance of turning the state around.
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Dodge suggests combining comptroller, treasurer's offices to reduce spending
Jim Dodge traces Illinois’ spiraling property tax crisis all the way back to the days of the Great Recession.
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State Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge thinks Obama Center could spur growth
Jim Dodge hopes cooler heads prevail in the bubbling controversy over tax money being used for the Barack Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s Southside.