Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s latest tax hike gained momentum Thursday as the City Council Finance Committee easily advanced a plan that would cost Chicagoans $226 a year by 2020 on their water and sewer bills.
The 26-6 vote to send the new tax to the council next week came despite several aldermen saying they’re concerned about whether the money collected would be enough to shore up the city’s largest pension fund, which is the mayor’s aim.
