By a tally of 12-5, the Cook County Board voted to override President Todd Stroger's veto of the half-percent tax rollback approved last month and promptly vetoed by Stroger. According to Peraica, the meeting was an hour and a half late in starting. The Board was able to take advantage of a new law that cut the number of votes required to override a veto from 14 to 11.

The Trib has a nice run-down of who said what during the meeting.

Filed in News and tagged peraica, stroger, tax roll back, veto override

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