Chicagoans would pay extra costs for bottled water

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Mayor Daley today asked the City Council to raise property taxes by a record $108 million to finance library maintenance and construction, but only if the Illinois General Assembly extends the 7 percent cap on property assessments.

If the state doesn’t act, Daley told aldermen, the City Council will have to find other ways to balance a 2008 city budget amid rising personnel costs and declining revenues tied to the housing slump.


Chicagoans will pony up 10 cents more on a bottle of water, pay higher property taxes and shell out steeper liquor taxes under Daley's proposed budget for next year

Also financing Daley's $5.4 billion budget are higher water and sewer fees and more expensive vehicle stickers for people who drive large vehicles like SUVs. Instead of $90 for a vehicle sticker, those people would pay $120.

To appease aldermen, Daley dropped plans to double the city’s gasoline tax, from a nickel a gallon to a dime, and also nixed plans to double the city’s tax on restaurant meals, from .25 percent to .50 percent.

In Chicago,a bottle of water tax isn't a sin tax.A bottle of water is just another way to confiscate money on average people.Can you name the party that's controlled Chicago since 1931 since the Sun-Times forgot to tell you?