Chicago - Fifteen minutes of drama at a Cook County Board meeting erupted Tuesday afternoon when the sales tax debate was reignited. It got white hot.

Commissioner Tony Peraica demanded an immediate vote on his plan to repeal what's left of that infamous 1 percent hike.

"This is a tax that the taxpayers of Cook County are crying for us to repeal,” Peraica said. “We can do the right thing here and set ourselves on right path by allowing them to keep some money in these extremely, extremely difficult times."

He got a vote taken. He also got an earful. Some other commissioners do not like his style.

The repeal plan failed. Several commissioners said a lot more budget planning needs to be done first. The vote was 11 to six.

One more note from the board meeting: Commissioners approved a $108 million plan to renovate the building that used to be Cook County Hospital. The plan is to turn the old building into offices for the public hospital system.