Water District Spends $5M to Guard Sewage Plants
CBS 2 Chicago reports $5 million is being spent guarding sewage plants in the name of homeland security. Tony Peraica believes it’s abuse of taxpayer dollars.
You can read the entire article at cbs2chicago.com.
Tony Peraica on the sales tax rollback
Todd Stroger foe Tony Peraica spoke out about the Cook County Commission uprising to toss out the recent one-percent hike in the sales tax. He says he’s been against it from the start. Watch the video below from Fox Chicago.
Cook County sales tax: How board members voted on Todd Stroger’s veto
The Chicago Tribune posted this article about how board members voted on Todd Stroger’s veto.
Cook County commissioners voted to override board President Todd Stroger’s veto and cut the county portion of the sales tax from 1.75 percent to 1.25 percent on July 1. Eleven votes were required for approval.
Voting to override and cut taxes (12): Forrest Claypool, D-Chicago; Earlean Collins, D-Chicago; John Daley, D-Chicago; Bridget Gainer, D-Chicago; Elizabeth Gorman, R-Orland Park; Gregg Goslin, R-Glenview; Tony Peraica, R-Riverside; Edwin Reyes, D-Chicago; Timothy Schneider, R-Streamwood; Peter Silvestri, R-Elmwood Park; Robert Steele, D-Chicago; Larry Suffredin, D-Evanston.
Voting against override and to keep tax increase (5): William Beavers, D-Chicago; Jerry Butler, D-Chicago; Joseph Mario Moreno, D-Chicago; Joan Murphy, D-Crestwood; Deborah Sims, D-Chicago.
Congrats, taxpayers
Todd Stroger wasn’t about to quietly accept Tuesday’s historic rebuke from taxpayers who demand reform of his fat government. The Cook County Board president wasn’t going to let board members kill half of his precious full-percentage-point increase in the sales tax without plenty of theatrics and threats.
Board members were not swayed by the exaggerations of a public official who abused the county payroll by hiring his family members and friends, that notorious steakhouse busboy included. Who refused even to freeze hiring in hard times, despite urgings from John Daley, the board’s finance chairman, to take that small step.
Read the entire article on chicagotribune.com.
County Board Overrides Tax Rollback Veto
Commissioners Vote 12-5 To Keep Rollback
A group of Cook County commissioners have overridden a veto of their 0.5 percent rollback of the county sales tax. In Chicago, the tax rate is currently 10.25 percent. You’ll save a half a penny on every dollar spent, bringing the new rate down to 9.75 percent.
Read the rest of the article on cbs2chicago.com here.
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