Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Fioretti to take on Preckwinkle

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.
He was a two-term alderman and ran unsuccessfully for Chicago mayor
The Chicago-area's penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened drinks has been repealed after a monthslong conflict that included a court battle and millions of dollars' worth of television ads on both sides.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.

7 comments:

  1. 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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  2. Anonymous11/14/2017

    Pillowbiter vs pillowbiter

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  3. Anonymous11/15/2017

    This 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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    1. Anonymous11/15/2017

      They could do worse.

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    2. Anonymous11/15/2017

      BLM made a fool of him. Sane humans know he’s a pushover.

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  4. Anonymous11/15/2017

    He'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!

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    1. Anonymous11/16/2017

      It 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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