Cook County Veto Override: Quinn Signs Bill Weakening Stroger

Chicago Tribune:

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a measure making it easier for Cook County commissioners to override County Board President Todd Stroger, who has repeatedly used his extraordinary veto power to protect an unpopular sales tax increase.

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Comments

[CommunistUtopia]

Who is the bigger loser? Quinn or Stroger?

[mjb5406]

Poor Toddler... but if he chooses to mount a legal challenge, it will show just how little he really cares about the county, since that challenge will cost taxpayer money. too.

[eyepatch]

I am glad that the State stepped in
to change a law that was obviously
put into place to give the Cook County
President absolute power....

Now the County Broad needs to address
the sales tax as soon as possible!
Why would Tod Stroger think that
a 10.25% sales tax would a good thing???

Poor people all over the county are paying
more sales taxes by per centage of their
incomes, many of those poor people are
black! so how is such a high sales tax helping them???
it's not......and Cook County government bloated
with waste and patronage!!!

Tod Stroger has to go and the sales tax should
be lower by at least 1.25%!

[FerrellGummitt]

I am not sorry that Governor Quinn signed that bill. Thanks Governor.

I would also like to thank Todd Stroger for raising my Cook County property taxes 22.5%.

Revenge at the ballot box in 2010 will be sooooooooo­oooooooooo­oooo sweet.

[SiberianRat]

Todd Stroger, the corrupt Daley machine, the decrepit CTA--all reasons I left Chicago (it was home for 22 years). That city deserves better, but for some reason, they keep putting the worst of the worst in positions of power.

[ChiGuy]

It has been my home for all 55 years of my life, and I won't turn my back on it and leave because of some admittedly serious problems.
I'll work the system, campaign, and talk to people in the hpes that things can be turned around.

Both Daley and Stroger are extremely vulnerable and Stroger at the very least, and quite possibly Daley as well, could be out next election cycle.