Plight of poor cited in campaign for tax hike

CHAMPAIGN – It's an uphill battle, but two local activists believe that if enough voters understand how little financial help City of Champaign Township provides the extremely poor, they'll support a proposed property tax increase on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Randall Cotton and Martel Miller, both Champaign residents who are active on social justice issues, are leading a grass-roots effort to persuade city voters to increase the township's property tax rate from the current 3.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to 5.5 cents.

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