Suey - 10/12/2018 10:01

Also from ILL.   just did some quick calculations.    Ours went from  $13/acre to almost  $50/acre.... only did farm ground.     The expensive stuff is high valued ground too.     I don't particularly like higher taxes either.   But,   How do you want the  people educated that are going to be responsible for taking care of you in your old age?  Do you want teachers to be some of the lower paid professionals in your county?    If we have local RE taxes  then we get more say in what goes on in our local district.   I have been a school board member  I know what some of those state mandates are,  they aren't cheap.   Many times we voted  5-4 on some state mandates.   Either vote yes  or the state will pull state funding..    When I was on the board  our local taxes provided  64% of our funding.    I believe it is still very close to that today, in the district we live in.