Cambridge Homes, which has been purchased by national homebuilder D.R. Horton, made lots of contributions, but most were to Republican politicians.

• $1,000 on 3/26/5 to Citizens for District 56 Schools in Gurnee
• $5,000 on 3/6/5 to Lake County Residents for Traffic Relief, seeking a sales tax hike
• $5,000 on 2/28/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)

Isenstein/Pasquinelli L.L.C., donated to the following tax hike committees:

• $5,000 on 1/25/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)
• $250 on 4/5/05--after the election--to Troy Pride Committee, a school district near Joliet

Kennedy Homes passed out the following campaign donations:

• $5,000 on 2/3/5 to Citizens With a Vision for District 100 in Belvidere
• $250 on 2/16/4 to Our Children: Our Investment in McHenry
• $3,000 on 2/12/4 to Our Children: Our Investment, the tax hike committee for the Troy School District near Joliet
• And here, the $1,000 given on 2/15/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)
• $500 on 1/16/2 to Residents for Parks and Recreation for the Fox Valley Park District in Aurora

Kirk Corporation made a couple of contributions to tax hike committees, but most went to candidates:

• $1,000 on 3/16/5 to Kaneland Referendum Committee supporting District 302 referendums
• $500 on 2/12/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)

Lakewood Homes wrote the largest checks, but a lot more to politicians than to tax hiking committees:

• $25,000 on 2/25/3 to Student Success Committee - Lakewood Homes, the tax hike committee that served as the company’s personal front group before a Minooka referendum (If a committee gives more than one-third of its contributions. Lakewood gave almost 90% of the money the tax hike committee received.)
• $1,000 on 2/24/3 to Elgin’s Quality for CCSD 46
• $5,000 on 1/25/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)
• $2,500 on 10/2/2 to Oswego Schools Referendum Campaign Cmte
• $10,000 on 3/22/2 to Bright Futures Cmte, the Fremont School District 79 political action committee
• $10,000 on 3/22/1 to Bright Futures Cmte
• $5,000.01 on 3/15/1 to Citizens for Classrooms Plainfield School Dist 202

Neumann Homes wrote some checks to tax hike committees, too:

• $5,000 on 3/22/5 to Kaneland Referendum Committee
• $2,000 on 3/8/4 to Antioch Committee of 34
• $1,000 on 3/24/3 to Student Success Committee - Lakewood Homes
• $2,000 on 1/24/2 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)
• $5,000 on 2/8/0 to Citizens for Classrooms Plainfield School Dist 202

Pulte Homes contributes regularly to those who want your taxes to increase, too:

• $1,000 on 10/23/4 to B.E.S.T. (Building Exceptional Schools Together), the Huntley group that grossly misrepresented the referendums it supported.
• $5,000 on 3/23/2 to Elgin’s Concerned Citizens for Education
• $5,000 on 2/11/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)
• $10,000 on 3/12/3 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee
• $10,000 on 10/21/0 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee

Realen Homes wrote four checks that could be found to tax hike committees:

• $2,500 on 2/11/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)
• $1,000 on 10/21/2 to the Fremont School District’s Bright Futures Cmte
• $2,000 on 3/12/2 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee
• $5,000 on 3/15/2 to Bright Futures Cmte

Ryland Homes also contributes to tax hike committees:

• $1,500 on 3/2/5 to Building Success in District # 301, the not-as-rural-as-it-used-to-be district west of Elgin
• $2,500 on 3/2/5 to Naperville’s Indian Prairie School District committee called Citizens for Classrooms
• $1,600 on 10/29/4 to Building Success in District # 301
• $1,500 on 3/12/2 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee
• $1,500 on 10/24/0 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee

Town and Country made contributions to those who want your real estate taxes to be higher, too:

• $2,000 on 10/24/4 to Building Success in District # 301, west of Elgin
• $2,000 on 9/15/4 to Huntley/Lake in the Hill’s B.E.S.T. (Building Exceptional Schools Together)
• $250 on 3/24/3 to Fremont School District’s Bright Futures Cmte
• $1,000 on 11/9/2 to Bright Futures Cmte
• $200 on 2/28/2 to Bright Futures Cmte

Crown Community Development helped the tax hike advocates, as well:

• $4,000 on 2/14/5 to Building Success in District # 301, the west central Kane County district
• $5,000 on 2/16/5 to Kaneland Referendum Committee
• $4,000 on 9/28/4 to Building Success in District # 301
• $10,000 on 1/25/3 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee
• $1,000 on 1/15/2 to Aurora’s tax hike committee Residents for Parks and Recreation

Wynwood Builders gave mainly to local politicians, but its biggest contribution was:

• $1,000 on 3/12/2 to District 300’s Advance 300, then known as Schools for Now Dist. # 300 Committee

Zale Equities found that District 300 was the only tax hike committee to get it on the hooks:

• $5,000 on 1/25/3 to District 300’s Citizens Organized for Responsible Education (CORE)

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