07/22/2026
I had the chance to meet with Aaron Del Mar yesterday and hear more about the fight to bring property taxes down in Illinois. Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar have laid out a Blueprint for Illinois that gets to the heart of the problem: government keeps spending more, mandating more, and then reaching deeper into the pockets of working families to pay for it.
Too many people want to pretend property taxes are just a local issue, but that is only half the story. Springfield piles on unfunded mandates, shifts burdens onto school boards and local governments, and then expects taxpayers to keep bailing out a system that refuses to live within its means. The Local Government Distributive Fund matters too, because local communities depend on that revenue to help keep basic services functioning.
That reality showed up again last night in my home county, where ambulance service needs a serious rethink. Whether the solution is more personnel, better training, better equipment, continuing education, or an outside agency handling 24/7/365 ALS coverage, the truth is simple: quality service costs money. But families and small businesses are already tapped out, and they should not be asked to fund a broken system forever.
Illinois needs a return to limited government, fiscal discipline, and respect for taxpayers. The answer is not endless tax hikes, more bureaucracy, or more excuses from Springfield. We need leaders who will cut the waste, stop shifting costs onto local communities, and give working families room to breathe. I believe Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar can help lead that change.
