Proposed Laws Would Make Taxing Bodies More Accountable to Tax Payers
State Representatives Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) and Tom Cross (R-Oswego) have introduced three pieces of legislation that would require local governments to be more transparent and accountable to tax payers.
The Village of Glen Ellyn has recently said it is doing more to increase its transparency with tax payers and residents by updating its website and putting more information, including employee salaries, online. Now, two legislators are introducing legislation, which would require more transparency from local governments and taxing bodies. Last week, State Representatives Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) and Tom Cross (R-Oswego) introduced three initiatives with the goal of greater transparency and state and local government accountability to tax payers. “With all the well-documented fiscal problems Illinois faces, there are some easy things we can do to increase government transparency and save taxpayer money,” Sandack said in a news …
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