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City Alderman Wants to Tax Bottled Water

CHICAGO -- Cooling off with bottled water could soon cost you more within the Chicago city limits if one alderman has his way. As CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports, Ald. George Cardenas (12th) wants to slap a tax of up to 25 cents on the cost of every bottle to help close a $217 million budget gap. "People enjoy jogging or driving with a bottle of water. There’s a cost associated with this behavior. You have to pay for it," said Cardenas, one of Mayor Richard M. Daley's staunchest City Council supporters. Cardenas noted that there’s a nearly $40 million shortfall in the city’s water and sewer funds, in part because of a decline in water usage. Full story...

Posted by Editor at August 14, 2007 08:47 AM