Preckwinkle’s Broken Tax Promise … Is Anyone Surprised?

May 19, 2010 by CookReformer
Filed under: Reform, Taxes

Toni Preckwinkle has tried her hardest to make the electorate believe she is a reformer.

She won, in large part, by running as the anti-Stroger.

But today, she showed her true colors by backtracking on her no-new-taxes campaign promise. Usually politicians wait until after their elected to “forget” their campaign promises — but it appears Toni is launching a pre-emptive announcement that she will be sticking it to the taxpayers if she’s elected in November:

Toni Preckwinkle, the Democratic nominee for Cook County Board president, says she’s been told by insiders that the county budget deficit has ballooned to at least $250 milion, perhaps as high as $500 million.

As a result, Preckwinkle said she won’t be able to deliver on her campaign promise to repeal the remaining half-penny sales-tax increase until 2012 at the earliest.

Your call to action is simple: make sure Tony Peraica wins re-election to provide a counter to the tax hikers, and make sure Roger Keats defeats Toni Preckwinkle in the November Election.

Please visit Roger Keats’ Web site to donate, volunteer, and learn more about his campaign to reform Cook County.