14_oct_haney-patlakThe Illinois REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) Trustees encourage you to vote for Frank Haney for Winnebago County Board Chairman and REALTOR® Dan Patlak for Cook County Board of Review Commissioner, District 1 on Nov. 8.

Haney and Patlak have been identified by their local associations and by RPAC as REALTOR® champions. In other words, they are for business, private property rights, low taxes and economic growth. Their bids to get elected are termed Opportunity Races.

A lifelong resident of the Rockford area, Haney started his political career with his election to the Rock Valley College Board of Trustees in 2013. He’s served on several committees, and colleagues elected him board chair in 2014 and 2015.

He’s also volunteered with several causes and organizations, including:

  • Next Rockford (past peer-elected facilitator, strategy team and member) – engage Rockford’s next generation of leaders to advocate improvements in education, business environment and urban development;
  • Transform Rockford;
  • Rockford Area Economic Development Council (board of directors);
  • Carpenter’s Place (board of directors);
  • YMCA Strong Kids Campaign;
  • Red Cross;
  • Sharefest;
  • Next Rockford Boots & Coats Drive.

For more information about Haney, visit his campaign website: http://www.frankhaney.biz/.

Patlak

Patlak was originally elected as one of three full-time commissioners for the Cook County Board of Review in 2010. He won re-election in 2012.

From January 1999 to December 2006, he served as a property assessment appeal analyst for the Cook County Board of Review, specializing in commercial apartment and exempt properties. He also represented the Board of Review at more than 500 Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board oral hearings.

Also, he was elected Wheeling Township Assessor in 2005 and was reelected in 2009. In 1995, he was elected as a board member of East Maine School District #63.

Patlak, GRI, has been a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and the Illinois REALTORS® since 1986.

For more information, visit his campaign website: http://www.electpatlak.com/.

If either Haney or Patlak are on your ballot, make sure you’re registered and vote for one of these candidates on Nov. 8.

(Disclosure: Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. The Illinois REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) collects contributions from members of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) for political activities. A portion of each contribution will be used for state political activities; at least 30 percent will be used for federal campaign purposes. The federal portion will be charged against an individual’s federal contribution limits under 2 USC 441a. Contributions are VOLUNTARY and refusal to contribute does not affect membership rights. A member may contribute more or less than the suggested amount. A copy of our report filed with the State Board of Elections is (or will be) available on the Board’s official website www.elections.il.gov or for purchase from the State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois.)