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

by Press on October 29, 2015

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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.