Mayor Richard Daley laid some political ground cover for a potential property tax increase for Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, saying such a hike would occur if the system doesn't get at least $180 million from the state this year.I wish our leaders could do a lot more than making these threats to force other politicians to adhere to their will. Who knows it could work, but I wish Daley luck in attempting to navigate this mess in Springfield.
As proposed in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's budget, the city's schools stand to get $60 million more, "which is not enough," according to Daley.
"We don’t want to raise property taxes, we want to avoid that. I want to make it clear, the Board of Education is forced to raise property taxes this year it will be because Springfield forced them to do that," Daley said at a news conference.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Daley threatens property tax hike for schools if state doesn't pony up
From Clout Street today. I don't have much faith that the state legislature would put more money into Chicago's public schools, but we shall see...
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