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“Collections in many economically struggling, mostly minority south suburbs are perilously low,” researchers wrote. “Those collection rates, which were below 53% in four suburbs, make it tough for schools, municipalities and other government agencies to provide basic services....Ford Heights — where the collection rate was 29.3% compared to the countywide rate of 96.0% — has not been able to afford a police force for years."
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Ford Heights, the Midwest Wakanda
Who woulda thunk Ford Heights was ahead of the trend in defunding the police!
This is a crystal ball view into the future of most working and middle class Illinois communities. The communities that do survive will look fundamentally different as crime and blight takes over there too, with most homes have multiple layers of security to protect themselves.
low tax collections = people not paying their taxes.
The problem is if you consolidate some of these villages, you’re just spreading the pain around. No village will annex Ford Heights unless they see value in the land that no one else has seen up to this point.