CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County commissioners have approved a $5.2 billion budget that includes more than 300 job cuts that come after the repeal of a sugary drink tax.
The board vote Tuesday on Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's budget was 17-0. The budget includes 323 layoffs and requires eliminating about 1,000 currently vacant jobs.
Commissioner Richard Boykin helped lead the successful repeal of the sugary-beverage tax. He called the spending plan "a difficult budget at a difficult time."
The Chicago-area penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened beverages was repealed in October after a months-long conflict that included a court battle and television ads. That left county commissioners having to decide how to fill an approximate $200 million budget hole.
The county's offices of its chief judge and sheriff are among those hit with cuts.
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| Preckwinkle is a most incompetent and corrupt government official. She broke the county bank by signing exorbitant contracts with certain unions after they funneled campaign contributions to her. She has betrayed the good people of Cook County and for that must be thrown out of office. |
Thats a start with removing 350 from payroll. Need to remove another 600.
ReplyDeletejust another commie/tyrant spending others peoples money. hey who gives a rats ass. they could prolly lay off a 1000 and still be bloated. its my belief that i nor many other citizens will feel the cuts. so......FUGM
ReplyDeleteTime to pound the pavement after sleeping on taxpayers dime for way to long. No job skills for these laid off pests after sitting around for years. Tough shit
DeleteIt's more than just the county.
ReplyDelete47 of Emanuel's aldermen voted to raise OUR real estate taxes and other fees.
Mr. 0'Shea was one of those voting for higher taxes and fees.
O'shea wife has a nice easy job at Ag School as assistant principal
DeleteI think that before you bash OShea you should consider the total circumstances surrounding the vote.
DeleteIrish Welfare is expensive!!
ReplyDeleteMake no mistake - O'Shea is a liberal who does whatever the Democrat higher ups want of him. Does he help out locally, yes, but at no cost to him politically. He was in the tank for Obama and the communist mobsters who nearly destroyed our country...He was there at the polls making sure that scum bag got back in. The left has taken over the Democrat Party. It is now a radical anti business, anti Christian, pro illegal immigration revolutionary party.
ReplyDeleteThe taxpayers will never notice.
ReplyDeleteTaxpayers must come first. Political interests last.
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