Peraica To Push Total Sales Tax Rollback

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 26, 2010 5:30PM

Not content with last fall's half-percent rollback of the 2008 sales tax increase, Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica plans to introduce a measure today that would call for a complete rollback of what's left. The County Board raised their portion of the sales tax from .75 percent to 1.75 percent in 2008 but had that trimmed to 1.25 percent by last fall's rollback. The County Board took advantage of a new state law that lowered the threshold to override Cook County President Todd Stroger's veto. [WBBM 780]