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Public commenter urges Saint Charles to let grocery tax expire, cites $2 million impact
Summary
At the May 5 Saint Charles City Council meeting a former St. Charles student and Illinois Policy Institute staffer urged councilors to allow the city’s grocery tax to expire, saying it would save local shoppers about $2 million collectively and about $55 per person annually.
Dylan Sharkey, a St. Charles native and assistant editor at the Illinois Policy Institute who now lives in Chicago, urged the Saint Charles City Council to let the city's grocery tax expire during public comment at the Monday, May 5 meeting.
"Taxing groceries is unheard of in a state like Illinois," Sharkey said. He said ending…
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