As Larry Rogers Jr. vies for his sixth term on the Cook County Board of Review, he’s raised most of his campaign cash from property tax interests and others who have done business before the obscure but influential panel, and among them is the Chicago Bears’ lawyer in the team’s high-profile dispute over the value of its possible stadium site in Arlington Heights. The $135,000 Rogers has .
Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, convicted last month on racketeering, extortion and bribery charges, will always be remembered for asking an informant this incriminating question: “So did we land the, uh, tuna?” The “tuna” was an illegal payoff from the developers of Chicago’s massive Old Post Office building, in the form of hiring Burke’s private law firm to conduct “tax business.” Klafter & .
The first installment of property owners’ 2022 tax bills will be due approximately a month later than usual because of delays last year, officials said.
Teresa Fraga of the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council has been a homeowner in Pilsen for the last 43 years. She said she was expecting a $2,500 bill in December but instead received one for $14,279.
The second-installment of property owners’ 2021 tax bills will be more than 150 days late amid months of bureaucratic wrangling and finger pointing among Cook County officials.