MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Mahoning Valley leaders are raising alarms over a citizen-led effort to eliminate property taxes in Ohio, warning the proposal could cripple essential services and even force some townships to shut down if the state does not have an alternative funding plan in place.

Tables are set up across the Valley to collect signatures for the initiative, which supporters hope to place on the statewide ballot next year.

The proposal could abolish property taxes and shift responsibility to state lawmakers to find other funding sources for schools, police, fire departments and local governments.

Mahoning County Commissioner Geno DiFabio said without a plan, the impact would be devastating.

“They [townships] would have no police departments, no fire departments,” DiFabio said

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