Teamsters Local 727 Supports Mayor Lightfoot’s Congestion Tax on Uber, Lyft Rides Teamsters Local 727 Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr. today announced the union’s support of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to apply a new congestion tax to ride-hailing companies, including Uber and Lyft. According to a recent press release from the Mayor’s Office, Mayor Lightfoot’s plan seeks to…
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Business, Chicago, Government, News, TaxesChicago , congestion tax , Lyft , Mayor Lori Lightfoot , taxes , Teamsters 727 , Uber , Union Illinois financial problems are a national joke Illinois is ranked as the 49th Worst State in the country when it comes to taxation, according to WalletHub.com. So the last thing someone should do to address the state’s collapsing economy is to increase taxes. The driving force behind Illinois’ financial troubles are the politically driven pensions…
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Blogger, Commentary, General Topics, Government, Opinion, Politics, rayhanania, Taxesfinancial crisis , Illinois 49th Worst State for taxation , Illinois governor , J.B. Pritzker , pensions WalletHub.com , taxes Suburbs must standup to Chicago’s Tax Grab Forcing suburbanites to help cover the budgetneeds of Chicago has always been a problem with Chicagoland politics. It needs to stop. It’s not that I don’t like Chicago. I Love Chicago. I was born there. But like most people born there, I fled to crime, the taxes and…
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Blogger, Chicago, Commentary, elections, Government, Opinion, Politics, rayhanania, Suburban Chicagoland, Taxes. suburban coalition , Chicago , fight Chicago revenue grab , organize the suburbs , suburbanites , suburbs , taxation , taxes What Chicago mayor candidates are really saying about themselves Comparing the campaign TV ads of the various mayoral candidates says a lot about who they really are and what their priorities are, or are not. The candidates for Chicago mayor define themselves in their TV campaign ads. Here’s what it looks like. Published in the…
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Blogger, Chicago, Commentary, elections, Government, Opinion, Politics, rayhanania, TaxesBill Daley , Bob Fioretti , Chicago mayor , election , Garry McCarthy , Gery Chico , issues , Jerry Joyce , Lori Lightfoot , mayoral election , Susana Mendoza , taxes , Toni Preckwinkle , TV commercials In Chicago mayoral election, other issues are important, too With all the usual issues being skirted and glossed over in the Chicago Mayoral election, voters should take notice of the undercurrent of issues on the sidelines that have as much impact on their lives as the rest. Conspiracies are a part of Chicago politics, so…
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Blogger, Chicago, Commentary, elections, Government, Opinion, Politics, rayhanania, Suburban Chicagoland, TaxesBill Daley , Chicago , Chicago mayor , dibs , Gery Chico , John Daley , mayoral election , politics , Richard M. Daley , suburbanites , suburbs , taxes , Toni Preckwinkle , voters Let “Sub-Urban” voters vote for Chicago mayor Or, how the Suburbs got their name. Suburban residents should have the right to vote to select Chicago’s next mayor since Chicago survives not only on the taxes it collects from its residents but from nearly 30 percent of the taxes collected from residents who live in the…
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Illinois financial problems are a national joke
By Ray Hanania |
Illinois financial problems are a national joke Illinois is ranked as the 49th Worst State in the country when it comes to taxation, according to WalletHub.com. So the last thing someone should do to address the state’s collapsing economy is to increase taxes. The driving force behind Illinois’ financial troubles are the politically driven pensions…
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