The Return of Sharecropping

Peoria County - Illinois
Property owners here eventually may be able to swap labor for a lower tax bill.   

The link may be a bit slow....this is a Gatehouse Media site, their parent companies stock is at about 4 cents a share and they just had more layoffs......it looks like they reduced bandwith.

Compare to the speed of links on http://Mlive.com

What newspapers always seem to lose deep into their articles on anything property tax related is that School Districts usually comprise 50% of any property tax bill and that where other taxing bodies are concerned, the portion of your property tax bill going to pension funds may be more than the amount going to the general operating fund - money going to pay municipal workers currently on the payroll.