Preckwinkle Urges Commissioners To Keep Sweetened Beverage Tax Days Ahead Of Repeal Vote
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle put commissioners on notice that a vote to repeal the controversial soda tax will mean cuts to vital services.
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle put commissioners on notice that a vote to repeal the controversial soda tax will mean cuts to vital services.
A vote on Commissioner Richard Boykin's plan to repeal the tax has been scheduled for Tuesday in the county board's Finance Committee.
Preckwinkle would not say if she has prepared two budget proposals – one including the soda tax, and one without it.
"I have never, ever seen the outrage and anger that's being displayed by our customers," said Tony's Fresh Market manager Frank Guiglio.
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A showdown on the controversial tax will be held next month.
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin has unveiled a 10-point plan to repeal the soft drink tax and make up for the lost revenue.
Some lawmakers are poised to try and 'can' the entire thing, and ads supporting it aren't changing people's minds.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appears unfazed by the opposition to the new tax on sugary and some non-sugary beverages.
A judge has lifted an injunction on Cook County's sweetened beverage tax, allowing the county to begin collecting it as soon as it wishes.
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart are at odds with each other over the President's proposals for layoffs and budget cuts.
It's the first damage done, officials say, now that a controversial soda tax is in legal limbo.
"This is just not a way to run any government," Dart said. "Eviscerating this office is not a way thoughtful people proceed."
A trio of Cook County commissioners proposed forming a working group to cut the budget without mass layoffs while the soda tax is on hold.
Cook County government was counting -- literally -- on a sweetened-beverage tax to balance its budget. The tax is in legal limbo. CBS 2's Jim Williams reports.
Toni Preckwinkle has called for Sharon Brannigan to resign after Brannigan's Facebook posts about Muslims and people from the Middle East.
The Cook County Board has a hearing planned next week on the County's Property Tax system as the County Board President considers an outside review.
Local Government leaders say Illinois' ongoing budget crisis only makes things worse for them if it continues past Friday.
The preliminary spending plan keeps Preckwinkle's promise not to raise any more taxes, but she said everything else is on the table.
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Preckwinkle said her staff is straightening out problems with management and finances at the Cook County Department of Homeland Security.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is sticking with a plan to have a Texas company upgrade outdated court computer systems, despite some questions.
A new bill, expected to be introduced in the next couple weeks can make it easier to get juvenile arrest records expunged in Illinois.
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Preckwinkle, a Democrat, minced no words in her assessment of Trump's first few weeks in office, a time she called sobering and troubling.
