When the soda tax was first proposed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle it was promoted as a tax on “sweetened” beverages. Yet, it included diet pop, but not Starbucks coffee. Now, WBBM Radio says tax defender Elissa Bassler, CEO … Continue reading
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My wife was at Jewel last night and found a woman who worked in Cook County buying soft drinks to take to work. It does not take a lot of imagination to figure out that collar county residents who work … Continue reading
BGA President Andy Shaw writes in the Chicago Sun-Times Monday of suggestions made by former Cook County Commissioner (now Congressman) Mike Quigley on saving Cook County government money. One that sounds a lot like something McHenry County Board member Mike … Continue reading
Listening to Chicago’s Public Radio station WBEZ yesterday after the Cook County Board raised its part of the sales tax by one percentage point made me wonder if reporters passed 8th grade math. The person presenting the news announced that … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: GRAND JURY INDICTS FORMER COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER, FORMER CHICAGO ALDERMAN, AND SIX OTHERS IN ALLEGED CORRUPTION SCHEMES CHICAGO — Two former local public officials and five businessmen who were arrested last month … Continue reading
When I read the Chicago Tribune’s article on Cook County pension debtApril 9th, what jumped out at me was not the $5 billion figure estimated by a study financed out of Board member Bridget Gainer’s office allowance. The 17 County … Continue reading
Front page news on both of Chicago’s papers today was the Cook County Board’s vote to phase out its hefty sales tax under the now out-of-office Todd Stroger. The Crystal Lake City Council’s March, 2008, 75% city sales tax increase went … Continue reading
That was the editorial message from the Chicago Sun-Times to the Cook County Board for a committee’s having recommended that 53 restaurants and taverns in unincorporated Cook County not be allowed to have electronic slot machines. Of course, most of … Continue reading
The Cook County Board voted to cut the Cook County sales tax by 50%. The suggestion in this article in today’s Chicago Sun-Times proved correct. The Cook County sales tax hike took effect the same day that Crystal Lake Mayor … Continue reading
Until I read it in Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown’s column today, I didn’t realize that the Cook County sales tax fight is racial. Talking about the possibility of a veto, Brown writes, “That’s unlikely given the current split, now breaking … Continue reading