Courts unwilling to enforce statutory limitations on controversial financing schemes
The News: Courts dismissed two separate challenges to Eau Claire TIF (tax incremental finance) districts this week, showing an unwillingness to hold cities to the strict requirements state statutes place on ...
It may be up to the legislature to end TIF abuse in Wisconsin
June 6, 2018 - Milwaukee, WI - The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision Wednesday in the case Voters with Facts v. City of Eau Claire.
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg said:
“We are disappointed by the ...
Rick Esenberg represents taxpayers in challenge to Eau Claire TIF districts
February 23, 2018 - Milwaukee, WI - WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg will participate in oral arguments today before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Voters With Facts v. The City of Eau Claire. WILL is ...
City claims completed building would not be built without a new TIF district
January 16, 2018 - Eau Claire, WI – On behalf of Voters With Facts, an Eau Claire volunteer organization, and multiple individuals whose taxes will be affected, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty ...
Case raises constitutional issues about the appropriateness of giving tax money directly to developers
October 3, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review Voters With Facts v. City of Eau Claire, a case filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & ...
July 5, 2017 - Milwaukee, WI - The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) today filed its petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review the Wisconsin Court of Appeals recent decision concerning the lawsuit that WILL brought in March 2015 on behalf of Voters with Facts. That ...