An excerpt from a letter to the editor as it appeared at Chicago Tribune.com, Tuesday, November 9th:
As a small business owner in Cook County, I know firsthand that with the slumping economy, business is tough. The 2008 sales tax hike in Cook County only made things worse, but the news of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle‘s inclusion of the sales tax rollback in the 2012 budget gives me hope. I am pleased that, despite opposition, Preckwinkle has moved forward with the rollback of the County’s sales tax and has kept her commitment to local businesses and working families.
The tax burden implemented by the previous administration was detrimental to local businesses and consumers. Consumers were crossing the county line to buy the same goods at lower prices, harming the county’s economy and jeopardizing jobs…
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