“We have seen tremendous increases in state-level funding, but it hasn't translated into any sort of decreases for property tax funding either,” state Rep. Blaine Wilhour said. “Should we just expect property taxes to increase exponentially for forever?”
Maybe the public schools can stop spending millions on their turf fields, fancy scoreboards and other nonsense. School vouchers would go a long way to holding schools accountable.
Or the local voters can choose to elect school board members that want even more spending for even better scoreboards and even fancier turf fields. We will let the voters decide instead of random complainers.
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Maybe the public schools can stop spending millions on their turf fields, fancy scoreboards and other nonsense. School vouchers would go a long way to holding schools accountable.
Or the local voters can choose to elect school board members that want even more spending for even better scoreboards and even fancier turf fields. We will let the voters decide instead of random complainers.