Letter to the Editor: Lake County property taxes the highest in Illinois

Lake County property tax bills were delivered last week. Property owners remain in shock. Illinois has risen to first among our 50 states in its sole reliance on property taxes to fund its schools, townships, libraries and fire protection districts; and, its major reliance on property taxes to fund park districts, community colleges, counties and other local governments. Lake County has the distinctive rank of first highest in the amount of property tax collected among the 102 Illinois counties, and 15th highest among the 3,143 U.S. counties.