More Evidence That Real Reason for Home Rule Is More Tax Revenue

Video slot machine in Crystal Lake.

Home Rule is mainly about getting more money into municipal coffers.

Another example of this is found in a Rockford Register-Star column by writer Chuck Sweeney:

“There’s a related hope that the state’s lawmakers will allow Rockford, a nonhome-rule city, to raise the annual fee that nonhome-rule cities charge bars and restaurants to license gambling machines.

“Currently, Rockford can charge just $25 per machine, while the home rule city of Crystal Lake charges $1,000 to the establishment and $500 per machine.”

Rockford is the only municipality of which I am aware where voters have revoked Home Rule status.


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More Evidence That Real Reason for Home Rule Is More Tax Revenue — 2 Comments

  1. Yup! And MORE TAXE$$$$ was the first thing on Woodstock’s agenda once successful in their claim that they qualify for home rule status.

    Note that there was a long line of protesting public commenters and only ONE person that was all FOR IT and that was new county board members CARLOS ACOSTA.

    Good luck Woodstock and McHenry County with that Democrat Socialist Tax and Spender Representing you!

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