Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley is catching flack for what the Sun-Times calls “the largest property tax increase in the city’s history”. The $108 million proposed increase will go to “build and maintain” public libraries. Unfortunately, it is coming at a time when increases also look likely from the County and State.
This looming three-prong assault on the taxpayer’s wallet has sparked an initial wave of resistance from City Aldermen as well as from the various local editorial boards where the Mayor has been hawking his plan this week.
Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley is catching flack for what the Sun-Times calls “the largest property tax increase in the city’s history”. The $108 million proposed increase will go to “build and maintain” public libraries. Unfortunately, it is coming at a time when increases also look likely from the County and State.
This looming three-prong assault on the taxpayer’s wallet has sparked an initial wave of resistance from City Aldermen as well as from the various local editorial boards where the Mayor has been hawking his plan this week.
At a press conference on Thursday, the (at times volatile) Mayor declared himself “insulted” at suggestions that he doesn’t understand “struggling families” who might have problems meeting the increase in this and a number of other taxes.
He also lectured the assembled reporters on the importance of libraries in the community: “Libraries are anchors in communities. None of you people have to use them. You’re wealthy. But, a lot of people do in Chicago.”
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