State Sen. Li Arellano seeks pension debt and property tax reform – WVIK (Rock Island)

State Sen. Li Arellano seeks pension debt and property tax reform – WVIK (Rock Island)

“[T]ake a look at the enormous amounts of mandates we put on local governments, far more than the average state, and get rid of as many of them as we can,” he said. “Because every time we tell a school district that they have to do something or have to pay for something, but we don't provide funding, which we can't because we're broke, their biggest lever is to raise property taxes. And that's true of any local government, cities, counties, or p…