Some persons providing snacks include Kathy Anderson, Chris Tompsett, and Dana Sheppard. Publicity work and planning has also been done by Corrine Niedenthal. Vacation church school is a big job, and we still need a few more helpers. We are looking forward to a great week. Eighty percent of new jobs went to Chicago's Northwest suburbs in the past decade, where only twenty percent of the region's populace resides.
Resource distribution is increasingly skewed.
Property values and community wealth are soaring in outlying areas, while Chicago and some older suburbs are being left behind. Even so, our public schools and services are underfunded and struggling. Tax Base Sharing has been successfully implemented in Minnesota and some other areas around the country. Through this strategy, some funds can be shared more equitably throughout a metropolitan region, reducing disparities and increasing resources for schools and other public services. A Tax Base Sharing bill will be introduced in the state legislature this year.