From the office of Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica…
Update on Our Efforts at Tax Relief and Ethics Reforms
I wanted to take this chance to update you on important developments in county government.
I am pleased to announce that the county finance committee recently passed a series of reforms to the Cook County Ethics Ordinance — one of which prohibits conflicts of interest in lobbying. Hopefully, at the next County Board meeting on October 5 the adoption of these amendments will be approved by the entire County Board.
The second item we are looking at introducing is a requirement that any future tax increase is subject to a super majority vote of the County Board. As it stands now, it is much easier to pass a tax hike in Cook County than it is to repeal it. This is wrong — and our proposal is needed to protect the taxpayers.
As you know, we were successful at rolling back one half of the one percent sales tax increase early this year — and I will not rest until we have fully repealed the Stroger sales tax increase.
I invite you to watch our brief video in which I update you on these, and other, important issues that directly impact your pocketbook:
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