Congratulations, Chicago!
Chicago, Tax & Spending Issues Tagged Chicago, Cook County Board of Commissioners, tax increase, Todd Stroger March 3rd, 2008Here’s the award you never want your city to win: my beloved Chicago is now the most taxed city in the nation, after the Cook County Board of Commissioners and Board President Todd Stroger passed a 1 percent sales tax increase on Saturday. You’ll have to excuse me if don’t pull out the champagne and balloons, though.
After all, I’m not sure I’ll be able to afford it.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Mike Harmon
March 4th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
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March 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Mike, sorry for my delayed response, but thanks for commenting (and for reading)! It’s great to hear from readers, and I’m so glad you’re enjoying the blog.