Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica (16th District) has introduced legislation (attached) that, if passed, will result in the elimination of the remaining half percent of the sales tax increase pushed through by the Stroger administration in 2008.

The measures will be introduced at tomorrow’s county board meeting and will be referred to the finance committee, with a vote expected on January 26th. If the reductions are approved, the Stroger sales tax increase would be completely eliminated as of January 1, 2011.

“Recently, the board of commissioners worked together to roll back half of this ill-advised and unnecessary tax increase. Now it is time to finish what we started,” Peraica said. “I strongly urge all of my fellow commissioners to do what is right for the taxpayers of Cook County and join me in rolling back the remainder of this sales tax increase.”

Anthony J. Peraica
Commissioner 16th District