Politics & Government
Forest Park Could Lose $163K Under Quinn's Proposal
Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed to freeze state income taxes shared with local municipalities to generate an additional $68 million for the state budget.
Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed Illinois strengthen its troubled finances by freezing state income taxes shared with local municipalities at 2012 levels, a move that could cause Forest Park to lose thousands of dollars in revenue, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Under the proposal, the village of Forest Park could stand to lose between $75,408 and $163,622.
The state calculations show the impact to local budgets would be $5.30 per resident, while the Illinois Municipal League estimates the impact would be $11.50 per resident, Chicago Tribune reports.
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