The Illinos Legislature is attempting to do this now with the cost of teachers pensions. Things like the Regional Transit Authority are also part of this incremental strategy.
So that would explain why I heard the Illinois teacher’s union advertising on WGN radio during the Cubs game yesterday.
They'll tell you that it is intended to be more economical by providing city services in more compact areas, but I think it's really a lot more about maps like this one from the 2000 election:
Despite the 'no mandate' title, this map is all about the Urban vs. non-urban areas. Democrats believe that if everybody lives in a city, they will work alive, play alike, educate alike, and vote alike.
If I hear one more time that we're not paying our "fair share" I'm going to hurt someone. Well over 2/3 of my property taxes are specifically marked for public sector leech pensions. And it's not just teachers. It's cops, firemen, library district workers, water district workers, County workers, municipal workers, etc, etc.