Honestly, this is going to stroke me out: Todd Stroger had his cousin come out and announce that even with all the new tax revenue that they’re now going to get, they just don’t have enough money, and gosh, we might have to find ways of “increasing revenue,” i.e.- raise taxes. again.

“In fact, that structural deficit is living and breathing, and the sales tax is by no means the answer to that,” Dunnings said at a luncheon meeting of the City Club of Chicago. “So, we have to look at other revenues, as well as cost containment.”

-Despite big sales tax, shortfall seen for Cook County

Forrest Claypool, an honorable Democratic County Commissioner gets it™: “Todd Stroger and Donna Dunnings just don’t get it. They just raised taxes by almost half a billion dollars and gave out the largest raise in Cook County government to a member of Stroger’s family who already is making a huge six-figure salary.”

Damn straight. I’d be less pissed if Todd didn’t pull crap like this, but enough is enough, and the treasury is getting ready to close. I wish Skokie were closer to the Lake County border, and we could pull a Palatine.

I just used the State Sales Tax Clearinghouse (dead useful site) and this really got my blood boiling: 9 effing percent sales tax!

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