Grass Roots Collaborative: Chicago City Council Budget Votes Puts Interests of Wall Street Banks Above Neighborhood Residents

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2015. Today the Chicago City Council passed Mayor Emanuel’s 2016 budget by a vote of 36-14. The 2016 budget contains regressive revenue solutions such as a garbage collection fee, privatization, and an unequitable property tax increase instead of the much needed structural reforms that force Wall Street and LaSalle Street to pay their fair share.

The budget passed today does not incorporate the feedback of residents who spoke during the public budget…