TIF ABUSE? SUE THE BASTARDS!

Ben Joravsky follows TIFs. He follows them hard, with no grease, and understands them as few Chicagoans do. "Three Million Lawsuits Oughta Do It" by Ben Joravsky is a killer. He says there may be a new way to combat the TIF monster: Well, there may be a new obstacle in the monster’s path, thanks to a recent court ruling in a case involving a TIF-financed shopping center in downstate Belleville, just this side of the Mississippi River from Saint Louis. On July 16 an Illinois appellate court ruled that individual taxpayers have legal standing to sue municipalities they think are breaking or bending the laws governing TIFs. Previously the lower courts had held that they don’t have standing. FULL ARTICLE at the READER... Who would like to be the first to start a class action suit against their alderman? Anybody? Anybody?