When Toni took office, Cook County’s finances were a mess: massive deficits, pensions on the brink, and no budget, not even a plan, for the first quarter of the fiscal year.

Fast-forward to today: Toni’s most recent County budget passed unanimously with no new taxes, fines, or fees.

Now look at the city’s alternative budget, championed by Alderman Reilly: more than a half a billion dollars in new taxes and fees, including a property tax hike.

Toni has held the line. Toni hasn’t raised property taxes in the 15 years she’s been in office.

Toni did the hard work to turn Cook County around: $800 million less in debt, real reserves, and pensions funded at 65% – more than double that of the city’s. That’s why Cook County has earned four credit rating upgrades in four years.

This is what responsible leadership looks like.