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Do you drive to work in Chicago or anywhere else in Cook County? Do you pay to park your car? Watch out for a nasty surprise.

Do you drive to shop, dine out or see a play? Do you drive to the airport? Watch out for a nasty surprise.

The new administration has proposed the first and only state parking tax in America. If this is voted into law, you will pay up to 40% in taxes just to park in Chicago and suburban Cook County.

Up to 40%!

Chicago parking taxes are already higher than New York, Washington and LA. Three times higher than Dallas or Houston.

Do you want to pay more than ever to work or shop, go out to dinner, see a show or visit a museum?

Every parking lot, garage and even airport parking will cost more!

Business owners? Your employees and your customers will suffer. That means your business will suffer.

Call your state representative and state senator. Tell them to vote no.

They’re ready to vote. So call them now. Or visit noparkingtaxhike.com for more information.

That’s noparkingtaxhike.com.

Paid for by Teamsters Local 727 and the Parking Industry Labor Management Committee.

The proposed state tax is actually 6 percent for daily and hourly parking and 9 percent for monthly. They’re adding in local taxes to the mix. Also notice that they don’t mention Pritzker’s name. It’s just “the new administration.”

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 2:41 pm

Comments

It’s not bad by radio ad standards, and it does a good job of highlighting yet another dumb idea by Illinois dems (are they ever going to run out of things to tax?), but might be confusing to many conservatives. I can already hear counselor atsaves, with a confused look on his face, mumbling “It’s an anti-tax ad, but it’s paid for by a teamsters local? Are we allowed to agree with unions? This is so confusing…”

Comment by Lester Holt’s Mustache Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 3:03 pm
Why are the Teamsters lining up against it?

Comment by The Way I See It Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 3:09 pm
good, tax the crap out of parking and use the proceeds to fund mass transit

Comment by lincoln's beard Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 3:09 pm
Those dudes who Daley gave the parking meter lease to have been raking in the dough for years. I’ll bet there’s nothing in the contract that allows them to be reimbursed for the state taxing parking. Likely, only the city. I say stick it to em. Lower the price and absorb the tax rather than passing it on, so you take the hit. You can afford it.

Comment by PublicServant Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 3:39 pm
Would a State Tax only applicable to Cook County even be constitutional? There is no satisfying these tax hogs. The reason the teamsters oppose this is their members work for the parking companies and even the Union sees that this will have an adverse effect

Comment by Sue Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 3:48 pm
It’s long, but it’s good.

Comment by A guy Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 4:19 pm
Tax. tax Tax is there no end? They are saying if you don’t HAVE to live here.Wh would you?…

Comment by SteveB Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 5:25 pm
John Coli is very concerned about his members.

Comment by Turner Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 5:40 pm
When we vote for the supermajority, we vote for taxes. No surprise.

Comment by park Thursday, May 30, 19 @ 8:38 pm
Change our state slogan to “Land of Taxes”

Comment by wally the wise Monday, Jun 3, 19 @ 11:21 am