The LWVIL Graduated Rate Income Tax Project will educate Illinoisians about the issues of a progressive as opposed to a flat tax; work to lobby for a bill to change the Illinois constitution, and; ultimately support and promote the approval of the amendment which will permit the graduated tax rate in Illinois.
As a local committee we plan to: help people in their community learn what they can do at the individual and household levels to save energy and reduce their carbon footprint, work with their community to set emissions-reduction goals and then develop and implement a plan to achieve these goals, and work with other grassroot organizations on climate change at the local, state and federal levels, including eventual ratification of an effective international climate agreement.
Support the City of Elgin's efforts to become a sustainable community through: continued monitoring of the implementation of Elgin Sustainability Master Plan; monitor the progress of the Elgin Sustainability Committee; and continue to participate in and support the goals and efforts of the Elgin Community Garden Network.
The Elgin Area League of Women Voters completed a two-year Study of Potential Gravel Mining in the Brunner Forest Preserve of the Kane County Forest Preserve District. The study was approved on March 21, 2012 by a membership consensus meeting. The expanded scope of study for 2012-2013 was approved at the annual meeting of the LWV Elgin Area on April 30, 2012. The study was undertaken when, as records show, the Kane County Forest Preserve District began looking at the possibility of mining for gravel in the Brunner property. The LWVEA Committee investigated the questions: What were the economic, environmental, and social policy issues [...]
