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From: dattier@jolnet.orpk.il.us (David W. Tamkin)
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Subject: 911 Improvement Surcharge in Chicago
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Date: 16 Oct 89 18:57:58 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 454, message 7 of 9

Monday morning, October 16, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced
that he would submit to the city council a plan to increase city
telephone taxes by 95c per line per month, earmarked for improvements
to 911 service.  Currently there is no such flat charge, simply a
percentage tax rate on local telephone service.

Daley's spokespeople commented that 911 service here has been a mess
for years, and that many of the suburbs charge $1.00 per line per
month, so 95c should not be unreasonable.  There were no details about
what is currently wrong or about what specific improvements Daley has
in mind.

(Despite the address, I live in Chicago; the Rosemont post office is
more convenient for my location and travel patterns than any inside
the city.)


David W. Tamkin    dattier@jolnet.orpk.il.us   {attctc,netsys}!jolnet!dattier
P. O. Box 813  Rosemont, Illinois  60018-0813  (708) 518-6769  (312) 693-0591