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Issue 10 Levy Committee Pushing for Passage

The 6.83-mill emergency levy would run for five years, create $15 million in revenue, raise taxes by $209 a year for every $100,000 in valuation and work to close a projected $10.6 million funding shortfall.

Updated 11:27 a.m.

With the primary only weeks away, the Issue 10 Levy Committee is urging voters to hit the polls on March 6 and vote “yes” on the 6.83-mill emergency issue.

On Tuesday night at Woodridge Middle School, nearly 40 committee members – many of whom are parents, teachers and volunteers from the community – attended the weekly meeting to discuss plans on how to sway voters in their direction.

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The committee is led by four co-chair volunteers who oversee four different parts of the plan.

Frank Nikic is on fundraising, Joe Charles is heading up digital communications, Rick Sabo is leading the print effort and Jennifer Syx is coordinating the community outreach.

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Even though volunteers created the committee, Syx said the Woodridge Board of Education offered recommendations on who should lead it.

On the fundraising end, the committee collected $2,900 in donations from Woodridge faculty and is planning a pizza party at on Wednesday night, said committee member Kirk Bennett.

Ten percent of each pie goes toward the cause.

Regarding digital communication, the committee has set up a Support Issue 10 website, rounded up 1,500 email addresses to blast out information and created a Facebook page to attract college-age voters, said Charles.

The print campaign is “ready to go,” said Sabo.

A new mailer that’s focused on the financials will be sent out to thousands of households in the next week. 300 yard signs have been staked around town and post cards will be sent to a targeted list of folks who, in turn, can re-mail them to prospective voters.

Syx is focused on recruiting absentee voters and receiving endorsements from politicians and parents. 

is a five-year, 6.83-mill levy that would raise $15 million in revenue and cost homeowners $209 per year for every $100,000 in valuation, said treasurer Deanna Levenger.

It’s intended to close a projected $10.6 million gap that could split open by 2016, according to the district’s five-year forecast.

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