Posted by Shaggle Rock on September 16, 2016, 9:02 pm, in reply to "Re: The township game!"
Townships were the first form of government - my problem is the political machines that run municipalities by creating taxing districts, water districts, lighting districts, library districts, and mosquito abatement districts. Illinois has 7000 individual fiefdoms all having the authority to exercise power by levying taxation. And with machines connected to state and local prosecutors, plus our very own legislatures with hands in the cookie jar, reform would have to be gutsy and brazen.