After Soda Tax, Preckwinkle Doles Out Premium Perks And Bonuses (Chicago: house, taxes)

[Manterro]

The beverage tax was never about public health. It was simply a money grab used to benefit government and those connected to it.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/after...s-and-bonuses/

[Manterro]

It's like a triple-headed monster. First the city of Chicago raises the taxes, then the county raises the taxes and finally the state of Illinois raises the taxes. Cutting their budgets or any type of true reform is never considered.

[Manterro]

A lot of unhappy people want to vote Rahm out of the mayors office and replace him with Preckwinkle. That's sorta like chasing the fox out of the hen house and replacing it with a coyote.

[MSchemist80]

Poll: Voters sour on Preckwinkle over sweetened beverage tax | Chicago Sun-Times

The poll, released Thursday by We Ask America, reports that 68 percent of voters in Cook County disapprove of Preckwinkle’s job performance. Only 21 percent approve, and 11 percent were undecided. The survey’s margin of error was plus or minus 3.26 percentage points. It was conducted by phone Tuesday and Wednesday.

The numbers were released two weeks after the county began charging an extra penny-per-ounce for sugar and artificially sweetened beverages, which includes everything from sodas to sweetened iced teas.

According to We Ask America, 75 percent of the poll’s 902 respondents said they likely would not vote to re-elect Preckwinkle as Board president. An overwhelming 84 percent of those polled said Preckwinkle’s “deciding vote that created the Cook County beverage tax” made them less likely to vote for her.

Preckwinkle is in for a major beat-down in the next election and even the other commissioners are starting to distance themselves from her. Her political career is finished.

[madpaddy]

Originally Posted by MSchemist80

Poll: Voters sour on Preckwinkle over sweetened beverage tax | Chicago Sun-Times



Preckwinkle is in for a major beat-down in the next election and even the other commissioners are starting to distance themselves from her. Her political career is finished.

No worries, she'll probably land a cushy executive position in the local Teamsters Union.

[BaptistFundie]

Originally Posted by Manterro

The beverage tax was never about public health. It was simply a money grab used to benefit government and those connected to it.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/after...s-and-bonuses/

Of course it was. Who would have thought otherwise?

[Manterro]

I wonder what Preckwinkle was thinking when she proposed this tax hike. Didn't she realize the people were already in a foul mood after Rahm raised the property, water, sewer and garbage taxes? Did she think everyone would go along and accept it? Then again, maybe she's just super arrogant and doesn't give a rat's ass if the people like it or not.

[MSchemist80]

Originally Posted by Manterro

I wonder what Preckwinkle was thinking when she proposed this tax hike. Didn't she realize the people were already in a foul mood after Rahm raised the property, water, sewer and garbage taxes? Did she think everyone would go along and accept it? Then again, maybe she's just super arrogant and doesn't give a rat's ass if the people like it or not.

It was incredibly stupid. Chicagoans are passionate about food and drink. It is one of the area's main attractions. Don't ever mess with that.

[MSchemist80]

Originally Posted by BaptistFundie

Of course it was. Who would have thought otherwise?

It is painfully obvious the Democrats have a different view of govt. They believe the people exist to serve the govt not vice versa.

[BaptistFundie]

Originally Posted by MSchemist80

It is painfully obvious the Democrats have a different view of govt. They believe the people exist to serve the govt not vice versa.

Agreed.