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Hamilton, David. "Township Government: Essential or Expendable? The Case of Illinois and Cook County" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 03, 2008 <Not Available>. 2010-06-06 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p268987_index.html>

Hamilton, D. K. , 2008-04-03 "Township Government: Essential or Expendable? The Case of Illinois and Cook County" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2010-06-06 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p268987_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Abstract Township government was developed for a rural society in which transportation was slow and difficult. Illinois is one of only 20 states that have township government. Even in Illinois, 17 rural counties and the city of Chicago do not have operating townships. However, townships in suburban Chicago continue to thrive and spend more than half of the $547 million spent by all townships in the state. The author conducted an in-depth analysis of budgets of townships in Cook County. The study revealed that township administrative costs are high, and many social services offered by the township are also offered by other governments. Comparisons of similar services offered by other governments showed that township costs were substantially higher. Moreover, township employment had no relationship to the population or the programs offered by the township. The author concluded that at least half of the township taxes could be saved by eliminating townships and transferring their few services to other governments.

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