Another Chicago Tax Increase?

With all the fuss about the SuperBowl, today's big elections, and the usual array of Britney Spears coverage, the fact that your alderman may be about to vote in a big fat tax increase has gone largely unnoticed. So, notice it already. Aldermen mull CTA tax package Chi-Town Daily News, IL - Chicago real estate agents today railed against a proposed tax increase on home transfers to pay for a transit bailout. Committee wants strings attached before agreeing on real estate ... Chicago Sun-Times - The transfer tax increase is the Council’s end of a political deal that raised the regional sales tax to stave off massive CTA fare hikes and service cuts.