To declutter Illinois and save dollars, eliminate townships – Editorial – Chicago Tribune

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Manfred Downstate
4 years ago

For townships that are slips of land surrounded by suburban towns or that overlap the boundaries of a town, the case for merging the township into a nearby, adjoining, or overlapping unit of government seems fairly strong. For the 17 counties the Chicago Tribune article says do not have townships, it would be interesting to learn how they became “township-less” and whether there were long-term cost savings to taxpayers as a result. In predominantly rural areas, the case for getting rid of townships is not always so clear. There are townships comprising 20 or 30 square miles or more of… Read more »

m.
4 years ago

parasites have to die & fall off, otherwise they stay on the host

Freddy
4 years ago

Consolidating school districts would be the biggest savings to taxpayers. Florida has 65 unit districts with approx 40,000 students each. Illinois has about 868. That and property tax/pension reform could and I stress “could” make Illinois somewhat more livable. But I am just a dreamer having a bad nightmare or am I. ???

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