MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - A growing number of citizens are supporting a proposal to abolish property taxes in Ohio.

This would result in lawmakers being forced to find alternative sources of funding for public schools, law enforcement, emergency services and local governments.

21 News spoke with Mahoning County Commissioner Geno DiFabio to discuss the impacts of this proposal if it were to go through.

According to DiFabio, "The townships will have to go away." This is because local townships' sole source of reliable funding is property taxes. Without them, townships will not be able to provide the daily services that they do for their communities.

But this doesn't mean that DiFabio is against the idea of cutting property taxes. He says that property taxes are a major concern among the c

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