Eighty percent of the states in America have a fair, graduated, rate income tax, and Illinois should, too, according to Jean Pierce. This system would tax higher income levels at a higher rate than lower income levels. Pierce will present the case for a fair tax at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 110 S. 2nd Street, Geneva. She serves as co-chair of the League of Women Voters of Illinois Issues Committee, which has advocated for a fair, graduated, rate income tax since the 1970s.
In the meantime, between 1979 and 2015, after inflation, all of the income growth in our country went to the top 10%. Pierce will show that the economy will grow and the State will gain much-needed revenue when lower income earners pay less in taxes and the highest income earners pay more.
—League of Women Voters of Illinois
East Aurora Black History Feb. 16
The public is invited to attend East Aurora School District 131’s Black History Month celebration Saturday, Feb. 16. “S.T.A.N.D. – Staying Together and Never Divided”, will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Arlene Hawks Auditorium at East Aurora High School, 500 Tomcat Lane, Aurora.
The free event will feature special music and drama performances by students of District 131 schools. The celebration will feature a musical tribute to Aretha Franklin by singer Opal Staples Smith, as well as a combined performance by Opal Staples Smith with students.
“Our entire planning committee is ecstatic about the large number of students involved in this event,” said Taveras Crump, District 131 staff member and one of the event’s organizers.
—East Aurora School District 131