Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Aldermen hand Rahm a big win. Biggest property tax increase in history hits hardest on poor.

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Aldermen hand Rahm a big win. Biggest property tax increase in history hits hardest on poor.:

Aldermen hand Rahm a big win. Biggest property tax increase in history hits hardest on poor.

Parents and community groups carry anti-privatization signs as they gather in front of Ald. Will Burns (4th) office Tuesday morning, demanding that Burns be replaced as Education Committee chair with someone who will not stifle fair community representation.

Remember how Rahm got elected? Along with buying $30 million worth of votes with bankster pals' money, he savaged Chuy Garcia during the campaign debate with lies about him voting for "the largest property tax increase in history"? During the first of five mayoral debates, Emanuel pulled the property tax charge out of his pocket like a trump card.

“You increased property taxes to the largest amount ever with your vote,” he told Garcia.

Today compliant aldermen will vote for Rahm's own $720 million property tax increase, truly the largest ever. The largest previous hike was Mayor Daley's which Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Aldermen hand Rahm a big win. Biggest property tax increase in history hits hardest on poor.: