No tears for end of Cook County soda tax — and no more pop runs to Indiana
Since Cook County’s sweetened beverage tax went into effect, Ida White has been driving just over the Indiana border to meet her sister, who lives in South Bend, to make a Canada Dry handoff.
“When she calls today, I’ll let her know she doesn’t have to anymore,” said White, a 55-year-old nurse, as she loaded groceries into her car at the Cermak Fresh Market in Bridgeport.
There was no tearful goodbye for one of the shortest-lived taxes in state history, which expired at midnight Thursday after being repealed in October. A dozen or so shoppers interviewed on Chicago’s South Side said they were happy to see it go.