Letter From Rockford

which did business with smaller companiesrnin the proposed taxing districtrninformed them that opposition to thernproposed solution would hurt their bottomrnline.rnThis was no idle threat. Under the Illinoisrnmosquito abatement statute, thernspecial taxing district would automaticallyrnbe created unless 51 percent of the affectedrnproperty owners signed a petitionrnopposing the district. In other . . .