Fioretti to challenge Cook County president
CHICAGO (AP) -- A former Chicago alderman says he'll challenge Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in 2018 after she championed a highly-unpopular sweetened beverage tax.
Bob Fioretti announced his candidacy as a Democratic challenger Monday in a Chicago suburb close to the border of Indiana, where there's no such tax.
The Chicago-area's penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened drinks has been repealed after a monthslong conflict that included a court battle and millions of dollars' worth of television ads on both sides.
Fioretti says "a penny earned is not a penny saved, it is a penny taxed." He also discussed other county tax issues.
Preckwinkle is seeking a third term as board president next year. Her administration has been labeled as tax and spend by friends and foe alike. The primary is in March.
If the GOP is smart they won't field anyone. I could live with Fioretti in that job, he never was your typical Chicago Dem
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ReplyDeleteThis is no joke, the Democrats are thinking about Ald. O'shea. With his blue collar ward and his wife's CPS background with black families.
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DeleteBLM made a fool of him. Sane humans know he’s a pushover.
DeleteHe's a MAN OF MENDEL .YEAH THE MIGHTY MONARCHS AND BETTER THAN CARMEL,RICE AND RITA COMBINED. 19TH WARD WELL REPRESENTED BY THE MONARCHS. GO BOB!
ReplyDeleteIt is so much better than Carmel, Rice and Rita COMBINED? Hmm didn't they close the school a few decades ago because no one wanted to attend anymore?
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