To suggest that somehow the reason why, you know, local homeowners are paying more is because that there's just vacancy then in that case then there's been vacancy in the city of Chicago downtown for some time. You know, This is really about an unfair tax structure that over relies upon property taxes as its only means to generate revenue. And that's why I've consistently called for whether it's the corporate head tax or you know, whether it's the millionaires tax, which there Seems to be some momentum in Springfield to do that. (28:55–29:03)
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