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Chicago
Sun-Times
State
politics smitten with incurable plague
August
20, 2008
Daily
Herald
Barred
from putting name on forest preserves, Stroger claims
road signs
August 15, 2008
Chicago
Tribune Editorial
'It's
just war'
July 31, 2008
Southtown
Star Editorial
Stroger's
magazine not the best idea for problem-plagued county
July 30, 2008
Chicago
Sun-Times Editorial
So
now Todd's a publisher?
July 29, 2008
Chicago
Sun-Times
Misspellings,
grammar errors put county mag on ice
July 27, 2008
Daily
Herald
Amidst
record tax hike, county cuts program for poor moms, babies
July 14, 2008
Chicago
Tribune Editorial
Killing
the sales tax hike
July 7, 2008
Crain's
Chicago Business
Fitch
questions Cook sales tax hike, cuts outlook
July 2, 2008
Chicago
Sun-Times
Soaring
taxes lead to sore taxpayers
July 2, 2008
News
Archive |
Fox News/BGA investigation into county
vehicles
See it here |
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Forrest discusses repealing
the sales tax
on CBS2 Chicago's Eye on Chicago here |
The tax hike that won't go away...
Forrest and Commissioner Mike Quigley talk
about the sales tax increase on Fox Chicago
Sunday.
See it here. |
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Forrest's commentary on County's taxes
The Chicago Tribune's Voice of the People
March 18, 2008
Cook County Board President Todd H. Stroger defended
raising Chicago's sales tax to 10.25 percent,
the highest in the nation ("Courage in Cook
County," Voice of the people, March 9).
Stroger claims the county has not raised sales
taxes in 16 years.
But from l996 to 2007, the county's various sales
taxes rose from $417,942,648 to $749,716,330.
Stroger's latest tax increase will add an additional
$426 million annually, nearly tripling the tax
burden in a dozen years. Few families have seen
their incomes rise by 300 percent over the same
period.
Making matters worse, Stroger has raised taxes
to record levels while the economy is sputtering
toward recession.
The U.S. economy shed 63,000 jobs in February,
according to the U.S. Labor Department.
Coupled with higher unemployment, escalating
bankruptcies and record home foreclosures, Stroger's
record-breaking sales tax increase will only accelerate
the economy's downward spiral.
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From Commissioner
Forrest Claypool
Thank you for taking the time to visit my
website. I am proud to have won reelection
to my county board seat and, as Commissioner
of the 12th district, will continue the
fight to clean up County programs and services.
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me comments or questions - click here.
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I look forward to continuing to serve the
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Sincerely,
My office locations
are:
Downtown
County Building
118 N. Clark St Rm 567
Chicago, IL 60602
(p): 312-603-6380
(f): 312-603-1265
District Office
4239 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
(p): 773-832-4642
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