"We have an opportunity to do something that county government has not done in quite some time, that's look to make meaningful cuts in noncritical areas," said Commissioner Sean Morrison, a Palos Park Republican who was the lead sponsor of the pop tax repeal. He also took issue with the lack of a comprehensive set of proposed cuts from Preckwinkle. She put out her 2018 budget plan about a week early, when the pop tax had no expiration date, saying it was balanced and that it would be up to commissioners to put it back in balance if they voted for repeal.