Todd Stroger Meets Econ 101
Pity Todd Stroger, the embattled Cook County Board chief who, having served the machine faithfully, is now being tossed under the bus as voters turn their ire on tax-happy politicians.
Pity Todd Stroger, the embattled Cook County Board chief who, having served the machine faithfully, is now being tossed under the bus as voters turn their ire on tax-happy politicians.
CBS 2 | Posted 05.25.2011
The Cook County Board voted 12-5 Tuesday to roll back 0.5 percent of the county sales tax....
Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 05.25.2011
A defiant Cook County Board President Todd Stroger says he'll wait until the 11th hour to veto a sales tax rollback commissioners approved this week....
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he thinks Cook County Commissioners will rollback county board President Todd Stroger's sales tax....
Chicago Public Radio | Tony Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County commissioners may once again try to cut the sales tax this week....
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Things got a little testy at the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday. First, Commissioner Tony Peraica tried to make the point that pe...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Less than a week after the Cook County Board voted yet again to roll back a portion of the county sales tax, Board President Todd Stroger today delive...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011
Add Gov. Pat Quinn to the list of those backing a Springfield move to dump Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's controversial penny-per-dollar s...
NBC Chicago | ANDREW GREINER | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County Commissioners voted 12 to 5 to override Board President Todd Stroger's controversial veto of a half-penny sales tax rollback. ...
NBC Chicago | STEVE BRYANT | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims said today she was threatened with physical harm concerning her vote on a recent tax issue. View more news vide...
Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County commissioners today couldn't make their roll back of the county's controversial sales tax stick, failing by one vote to override Board Pre...
Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011
It turns out there may yet be a new Cook County commissioner in time for a key vote next Tuesday on rolling back the sales tax increase supported by b...
Fox Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger late Thursday night vetoed the County Board's decision earlier this week to cut the county's portion of the s...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011
A deal to partially roll back Cook County's highest-in-the-nation sales tax overwhelmingly passed Tuesday, the third time the County Board has voted t...
Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County commissioners hammered out a deal Monday to roll back half of the penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase pushed through a year ago....
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011
That pending deal to cut the Cook County sales tax has hit another bump and apparently won't make it to a County Board vote until at least later in Ju...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011
After months of extremely contentious debate, it looks like the Cook County Board finally is closing in on a deal to partially repeal the big sales ta...
Chicago Public Radio | Tony Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County commissioners' attempts to cut the sales tax have once again fallen flat. They failed to override another veto from County Board President...
Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011
As he previously promised, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger today vetoed the latest attempt by commissioners to rollback last year's sales tax...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO (AP) -- Cook County's unpopular 1 percentage point sales tax increase is sticking around, at least for now. County commissioners did not must...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger today vigorously defended his veto of a sales-tax rollback and attacked his County Board critics, who he said...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO (AP) -- Cook County President Todd Stroger is vetoing a move by commissioners to repeal a 1 percentage point sales tax increase because he say...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Spokesmen in Stroger's camp indicated he likely won't make a decision until Monday on whether to block a rollback of last year's 1-percentage-point sa...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011
Thrown to the political wolves by the powerful Daley family, embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger now says he might not veto a surprise ...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Richard Daley said today he agreed with the Cook County Board's vote to repeal its 1-percentage-point sales tax increase, saying the hike had a ...
Paras Bhayani | Posted 05.25.2011