Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Newsalert: Cook County Board Chairman: 'I'm doing a damn good job'

Well I'm sure that there are some people who would disagree with that, Mr. Stroger. Newsalert blogs about an article from the Sun-Times. I heard him say this yesterday on WBBM-TV's 5 o'clock news. This story revolves around a vote that would have repealed the county's sales tax that failed yesterday:

When the rather long-winded arguments were over, Board President Todd Stroger said he is irritated by the constant criticism of his administration.

"I'm doing what's best for the people. That's how I'm running the government. And until this place falls apart, then I'll step up and say, you know what, I screwed up," Stroger said. "But until then, I'll tell you I'm doing a damn good job."

On July 1, the county's portion of the sales tax increased 1 percentage point -- a penny on the dollar -- to 1.75 percent, giving Chicago the highest sales tax in the country at 10.25 percent.

You know this seems bashful and not in a very nuanced way.

BTW, his campaign is being fined for violating state campaign reporting rules.

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