The Daily Herald reports today that State Rep. Mark Walker (D-Arlington Heights) has now signed on to support a legislative push in Springfield to push for tax relief in Cook County:

The General Assembly’s Web site shows two proposals filed under Walker’s name in recent days. Walker said one would directly overturn the 1 percentage point sales tax increase approved by the Cook County Board to fill budget holes without more severe cuts, an increase that made the collective tax rate the highest in the country. The second, Walker said, would make it easier to overturn the county board president’s veto.

I support these efforts because they would mean tax relief for Cook County taxpayers.  I am simultaneously pushing my own ordinance to require a 2/3 supermajority of County Board members to pass any future tax hikes — because, unlike now, it should be more difficult for the politicians to raise your taxes than to repeal them.