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Article: County Board slaps away Stroger taxes.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- February 25, 2005
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Byline: Mickey Ciokajlo
Feb. 25--The Cook County Board Thursday handed President John Stroger an embarrassing defeat, dispatching controversial hotel and restaurant tax increases he had pushed, by approving a 2005 budget that included a string of cost-cutting measures he opposed.
Only a day earlier, a frustrated Stroger ridiculed as "nuts" the commissioners pushing multimillion-dollar cuts and vowed to veto many of the proposals. But with the tide clearly running against him, Stroger largely retreated from that threat Thursday and even joined in voting for the $3 billion spending plan, which was approved in a unanimous 17-0 vote.
Stroger has ...