The state's highest court declined to take up an appeal of a lower court ruling allowing votes to be counted for Tuesday's ballot measure.
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to take up an appeal from opponents of the Bring Chicago Home referendum to raise taxes on high-end property sales in Chicago, meaning votes on the measure will be counted in next week's election.
This backdoor property tax hike would hurt our downtown and local neighborhoods alike, impacting homeowners, renters, union workers, and business owners large and small,' BOMA Chicago executive director Farzin Parang said in a statement. 'What is especially troubling is that Mayor Johnson's transfer tax hike would give the City a blank check with no accountability for improving our housing and migrant shelter crises.
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