Township Archives - Illinois State Representative Jonathan Carroll

Government Consolidation Mail

July 22, 2019

From the 57th, Government Consolidation, Governor Pritzker, Illinois 57th District, Illinois General Assembly, McHenry County, Property Tax Relief, Property Taxes, State Rep. David McSweeny, State Rep. Jonathan Carroll, Township

I sent out a mass email to my constituents this past Friday that spoke about some of my efforts towards government consolidation and lowering our property tax burden. I also included a flyer for our next property tax appeal seminar as the picture for this post. For those of you who are not signed up…

Editorial: To declutter Illinois and save dollars, eliminate townships

June 17, 2019

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Fiscal Responsibility, Government Consolidation, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Jonathan Carroll, Local Government, State Rep. David McSweeny, State Rep. Jonathan Carroll, tax relief, Township, Township Consolidation

Original article written by the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board for the Chicago Tribune on June 17th, 2019. Link to original article may be found HERE Photography credit to John J. Kim, Staff Photographer for the Chicago Tribune. How many units of government do you think there are in Illinois? Two thousand? Five thousand? Try 6,963.…