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  • 2025 City Budget Update: City Council Votes Down Property Tax Increase

    Last week, Ald. Vasquez and 29 other City Council members signed a letter calling for a vote on the Mayor’s proposed $300 million property tax increase. Yesterday, in a special meeting of City Council, all 50 alders voted against the increase. This unprecedented unanimous vote regarding a proposed revenue ordinance was a clear rejection of…

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