PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – The mayor of Peoria Heights says a planned veto of a recently passed grocery tax is to help give the village an advantage.

Matt Wigginton is planning to veto the one percent tax at Tuesday night’s meeting of Trustees, after it was passed earlier this month. The tax aims to replace an expiring similar state tax at the end of the year.

He tells WMBD’s “The Phil Luciano Show” that the village will soon need help with its only grocery store, Save-A-Lot, planning on not renewing its lease.

“If I can make grocery stores 1% more profitable, then, they’re already on tight margins. So, if I could bring them in by making it more attractive than my neighboring communities, it just gives me a competitive advantage,” Wigginton said.

Wigginton says the veto will help low-in

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