John Muellner

Candidate for Lake County Board District One. Actively involved in my community. Glory to God.

[Illinois Policy @illinoispolicy]

🚨NEW POLL

Just over 51% of Illinois voters say they would leave the state if given the opportunity.

More than half cited high taxes as a top issue facing the state.

This comes as Illinoisans shoulder the highest combined state and local tax rate in the nation, driving more than 40,000 residents to flee to other states in a single year.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

Illinois has the most state pension debt in America — by a wide margin. How bad is it?

IL Pension Debt: $145.49B

The bottom 41 states combined: $145.77B

IL population: ~12.7M Bottom 41 states: ~180M

And Pritzker and his allies in Springfield are considering pension sweeteners that could add $76B+ more in costs for Illinois taxpayers.

This is not sustainable. This is a crisis.

[MLB @MLB]

Please say hello to your 1st place @WhiteSox 😏

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

THANK YOU for ONLY raising my gas taxes 157% since you took office?

[Patrick Nolan @SoxMach_pnoles]

We didn’t even know Braden Montgomery would be here when we woke up this morning.

And tonight, he hits a walk-off bomb called by Bob Costas with crazy 80’s graphics overlaying his home run trot.

Just another chapter in the insanity that is the 2026 Chicago White Sox.

[Noah Phalen @Noahp245]

The White Sox are 17-3 in their last 20 games at Rate Field

[John Muellner @JohnMuellner]

@BrianCostin @AdamSchefter @EASPORTS EA sucks for a lot of reasons, but this just seems ridiculous. Smh EA.

[John Muellner @JohnMuellner]

@BrianCostin IPI is saying your property bill is impacted even if you don’t live in the mega project district? I was under the impression that you had to live inside a mega project district.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

The Illinois legislature passed a "Junk Fee" transparency bill today.

Shockingly, they specifically exempted government taxes and fees from the bill. They don't want you to know how much tax you are paying to the government.

Here's what your gasoline receipt would look like in Chicago if we had tax transparency.

[John Muellner @JohnMuellner]

@BrianCostin @afpillinois @northcookyrs Fantastic turnout!

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

This is a national crisis.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

Should Illinois property taxes be capped at 1% of home value?

I’ve been working on something transformational for our state with an Illinois State Senator.

A permanent property tax cap written into the Illinois Constitution.

More to come soon. ⬇️

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

Illinois’ gas taxes are 101% higher than the average state’s, and gas costs 20% more per gallon than the Midwest average.

But Gov. Pritzker keeps blaming everyone besides himself.

[John Muellner @JohnMuellner]

@BrianCostin Is this an ABBA reference

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

There's a tragedy playing out in Chicago Schools, and the Teachers' Union and Mayor Johnson are more interested in performative political rallies than being accountable for horrific student achievement results.

Chicago Public Schools are being run for the financial benefit of adults, not the academic benefit of students.

We must fix this.

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

🚨Mayday🚨for Chicago Public Schools. CTU is staging protest today while their kids are failing. At CICS Longwood campus, with 1,180 students, ZERO students are proficient in math.

This despite spending over $21,000 per student, and an 83% graduation rate.

What is going on in our schools?

[AFP Illinois @afpillinois]

What are we even doing here?

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General’s report showed 77,505 devices were lost or stolen during the 2021-2022 school year. At 36 schools, every single student device was gone.

[John Muellner @JohnMuellner]

@BrianCostin This is insane - I mean at what point do you just say you don’t get a device if it’s just going to get stolen

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

36 Chicago Public Schools reported EVERY SINGLE DEVICE STOLEN!

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

This should alarm every homeowner and business in Illinois: lawmakers just admitted that the Bears/Megaproject bill gives local governments the power to shift massive property tax burdens onto you.

This exchange shows why the Bears/Megaproject bill is the most dangerous property tax swap legislation in Illinois history.

Rep. @BlaineWilhour:
"Is this up to the local governments to determine how to value the non-taxed fully developed properties?"

Rep. @kambucknerchi (HB 910 Sponsor):
"That's correct, Representative. Local control."