Column: Shoppers discounted in debate over grocery tax – Lake County News-Sun*

Column: Shoppers discounted in debate over grocery tax – Lake County News-Sun*

"In west suburban Bensenville, which straddles Cook and DuPage counties, in the April 1 municipal election, voters rejected any proposed tax hike by 91 percent. That display of sentiment hasn’t stopped more than 160 Illinois towns from moving to restore the grocery tax at the local level. Mayors, village managers and city council members moan they need that dependable revenue, yet never take into consideration cutting expenses."