>Come next Tuesday, voters in the Windy City will be asked, "Should the city of Chicago ban the use of plastic straws within the corporate limits?" This ballot question is nonbinding, and an actual city ordinance would still need to be passed to bring any ban into effect.
>Earlier this summer, it looked like former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn would get enough signatures to place a ballot initiative limiting the Chicago mayor to three terms. That would have prevented current Chicago mayor—and Quinn rival—Rahm Emmanuel from running for a third term in February 2019.
>To stop Quinn foiling Emmanuel's reelection chances, the Chicago City Council voted in June to stack the city ballot with three essentially meaningless advisory questions, including not just whether the city should ban straws, but also whether longtime Chicago homeowners with incomes under $100,000 should get a property tax exemption and whether taxes from marijuana, should it be legalized, be used to fund public schools and mental health services.
>Because state election law forbids more than three such questions appearing on a city ballot, Quinn's binding referendum got the boot.
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How the fuck can Chicago be so corrupt?
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On the plus side, at least they have an actual rational reason to place a "straw ban" measure on the ballot. So in that way, they are ahead of much of the Blue areas
On the plus side, at least they have an actual rational reason to place a "straw ban" measure on the ballot. So in that way, they are ahead of much of the Blue areas
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