The increase will generate $20.5 million in revenue for the city. The vote comes the same week the mayor signed an executive order establishing a Tax Fairness Commission, designed to explore reforms to the city’s tax system and find ways to collect millions of dollars in unpaid or under-assessed taxes.
Not sure I understand the point of that. I thought consolidating the assessor's office was going to solve all of these problems.
Besides, everything you've ever wanted to know about tax fairness was covered by Bernie Sanders yesterday.