Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
County Board president follows through on promise Less than a week after the Cook County Board voted again to roll back a portion of the county sales tax, Board President Todd Stroger on Monday delivered on his promise to veto the measure for the fourth time.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Less than a week after the Cook County Board voted yet again to roll back a portion of the county sales tax, Board President Todd Stroger today delivered again on his promise to veto the measure for the fourth time.
Clout St (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Posted by Robert Becker at 12:30 p.m. Less than a week after the Cook County Board voted yet again to roll back a portion of the county sales tax, Board President Todd Stroger today delivered again on his promise to...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Less than a week after the Cook County Board voted yet again to roll back a portion of the county sales tax, Board President Todd Stroger today delivered again on his promise to veto the measure. In a press conference on the steps of the hospital named after his late father, Stroger said he was blocking the measure to protect health care for the county's needy. "I refuse...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Stroger (left) and Peraica (right); AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Yesterday, Cook County Board President Board president Todd Stroger once again promised to veto last week's half-percent sales tax roll back passed by commissioners . Asked about a possible veto override by the commissioners, Stroger told CBS 2 , "I hope that what's good for the county is done by the commissioners."...
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is expected Monday to veto a county sales tax rollback yet again, but this time, it may be easier for the County Board to override the veto.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Less than a week after the Cook County Board voted yet again to roll back a portion of the county sales tax, Board President Todd Stroger today delivered again on his promise to veto the measure.
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger says he'll once again veto a measure to roll back part of his controversial sales tax hike.
THE METHODS REPORTER (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger hopes public pressure will block eleven Commissioners from over-riding his promised veto of a sales tax rollback. suntimes.com read more (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.com)
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Proft for Governor campaign: Policies advanced and supported by the nine Chicago Democrats who control $70 billion worth of government and 125,000 public sector jobs in Illinois have destroyed this state's economy. Those 9 Chicago Democrats: Pat Quinn, Lisa Madigan, Jesse White, Dan Hynes, Alexi Giannoulias, Mike Madigan, John Cullerton, Richard Daley and Todd Stroger. Business...
Second City Cop (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Toddler barely got enough signatures as it was. Now Fox32 finds out a bunch are fake? There's a long history of "ghosts" populating political payrolls in Illinois. But a Fox Chicago News investigation has found another political phantom at work-- writing phony signatures and addresses on nominating petitions for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. The questionable...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
It's the same old song and dance at the County Building this afternoon , as Todd Stroger once again vetoed the rollback of his penny-on-the-dollar sales tax. The tax was recently voted down (again) by the Cook County Board by a vote of 12-5. Since the State Legislature changed the rules to require only 11 votes to overturn a Board President's veto , all the commissioners have to do is...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... - not approving at all. Questionable leadership is not gifted on one race exclusively - look at Todd Stroger and Rod Blagojevich as examples.mjanowski (11/24/2009, 11:21 PM ) Report item as: (required) Additional Comments: (optional) 500 characters limit So Mr. Page, why not look on both sides of the street? Where is the criticism of the 90 or so Black "ministers" in Chicago who got...
Proviso Probe (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... The group endorsed Ald. Toni Preckwinkle ( candidate questionnaire , pdf). Incumbent President Todd Stroger ( questionnaire , pdf), Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown ( questionnaire , pdf) and MWRD President Terry O'Brien ( questionnaire , pdf). Someone asked Stroger about why he missed the candidate forum at DePaul University . He responded that he was at the 90th anniversary...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... three percent hit. In the process of passing the budget, commissioners also killed Board President Todd Stroger's plan for a film office . With the budget done, the board and Stroger can go back to the important things, like campaigning. According to Clout Street , Stroger and all but one of the commissioners - Forrest Claypool - are running for reelection.
