Exempt homes hit by new O'Hare noise from property tax hike, group urges

Chicagoans inundated with new O'Hare International Airport jet noise should not have to shoulder the record property tax increase proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the leader of a citizen group says.

As a result, the Fair Allocation in Runways coalition wants members to urge their aldermen to vote down the Emanuel budget containing $588 million in property tax increases over four years unless steps are taken to fix the city's "flawed" $8.7 billion O'Hare overhaul plan, said Colleen Mulcrone of FAIR.

Emanuel has contended that without the property tax increase, the city would have to cut so many services it would become "unliveable."

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