When Chicago Flushed the Toilet Tax – Wall Street Journal

Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago, acting on instinct, knew just what to do: Say “no” to easy revenue that had been coming in for years. The city’s reputation was far more valuable. By dropping a charge of ten cents for public toilet use in 1973, he provided an object lesson in how not to leave a needlessly bad taste in the mouths of residents and visitors.
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Freddy
3 years ago

JB never had to pay this tax.

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