Opinion: State cuts to Local Government Distributive Fund are property tax increases in disguise – Rockford Register Star

Rockford Mayor Thomas P. McNamara: "When Illinois cuts our LGDF funding and increases our income taxes, they rub salt in the wound by creating a property tax reduction task force. A better idea? Stop reducing our share of LGDF funding. Stop creating more unfunded mandates — more than 300 were proposed this year alone — which place more burdens on local governments and often forces them to raise property taxes to maintain services."