The Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago called the tax question on the March 19 ballot 'blatantly unconstitutional.'
CHICAGO -- Opponents of a bid to raise taxes on high-end property sales in Chicago to raise money to fight homelessness have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to block votes from being counted on the question on next week's ballot.
'We are left guessing as to the bases for the circuit court's ruling because the lower court gave no reasons for its ruling,' Mitchell wrote.BOMA appealed that ruling on Monday, arguing in their court filing that the referendum is 'blatantly unconstitutional,' and that last week's appeals court ruling flies in the face of legal precedent that 'prohibits referendum questions that are vague, ambiguous and not self-executing.
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