George and Jane Mann

“We were both born and raised here in Illinois. We just celebrated 60 years of marriage.

All of our children and grandchildren live in Johnsburg. That’s the only thing keeping us here. For people on Social Security and fixed incomes the property tax issue is really hurting us.

It’s just too bad. I used to work for International Harvester. It was a wonderful place to work and that’s all gone now. Now we’re importing the machinery I used to help build. They moved. They moved to Kentucky. They moved to Texas. They moved to Alabama.

We have to stop being apathetic. We have to tell our politicians to be fiscally responsible just like we are with our homes, our children, our medical bills and our taxes.”

George and Jane Mann
Johnsburg, Illinois