The Sun-Times recently published an op-ed on by Illinois Policy Institute’s director of policy and staff attorney Mailee Smith that stated that the median homeowner could pay at least an additional $2,935 in property taxes in the next four years if Amendment 1 — the Workers’ Rights Amendment — is approved by voters in November.
The calculation Smith presented is not only false, but also harmful. It is a made-up number using false assumptions to scare the public into voting against Amendment 1, which gives government workers the right to collectively bargain.
