AT THE CITY CLUB, PRECKWINKLE PUT COOK COUNTY’S COVID19 RED INK AT “$200M OR MORE.” THAT’S A NUMBER THAT WOULD PROBABLY NECESSITATE HIGHER TAXES WITHOUT THE FEDERAL AID. AND IT’S A NUMBER THAT WILL KEEP GROWING BECAUSE MOST OF COOK COUNTY’S TAXES ARE TIED TO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
PRECKWINKLE AND HER AIDES ALSO PREDICTED A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE GET A VACINE, 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS AS THE PANDEMIC EBBS AND FLOWS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BC