And next year, the overall sales tax in that zone will grow another percentage point. Last week, the Cook County board narrowly approved a one-percentage-point tax hike, which will bring the sales tax in Chicago to 10.25 percent, one of the nationâs highest. The proposal was introduced by Board President Toni Preckwinkle to help pay into the countyâs underfunded pensions.
Gavin McInnes. Gavin Miles McInnes (/mÉËkÉªnáµ»s/; born July 17, 1970) is a Canadian writer, actor, comedian, co-founder of Vice Media (which he departed in 2008), and the host of The Gavin McInnes Show on Compound Media. He is a contributor for The Rebel Media and Taki's Magazine, and a frequent guest on television programs on Fox News and TheBlaze.
Fired Writer Gavin McInnes: Politically Correct Outrage Is Like The Mob. Writer, commentator and Vice magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes said that politically correct hysteria like the kind that recently cost him his job is similar to the mafia. âItâs a real quandary people who write have to face right now,â McInnes told The Daily Caller.