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Commissioner Patlak to Conduct Tax Appeal Seminars in Northwestern Suburban Townships

By elly.drake at April 25, 2011 | 10:45 am | 0 Comment

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Dan Patlak will conduct various assessment appeal seminars in the Northwest Suburban Townships of Northfield, Hanover, Palatine, Wheeling and Schaumburg. The hour-long seminars will educate taxpayers on the overall process, explaining how to file and present evidence for a successful appeal. “Property taxes are high enough more...

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Clerk Orr joins Lt. Gov. Simon in plan to improve ‘weak’ disclosure

By Sebastian James at April 21, 2011 | 5:28 pm | 0 Comment

Cook County Clerk David Orr joined Lt. Governor Sheila Simon Thursday in urging lawmakers to strengthen existing ethics laws, saying current economic disclosures are weak.  "The current state financial disclosure document is flawed by asking questions in ways that fail to identify people's true economic interests," Simon said.  Simon plans to ask lawmakers to more...

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Board of Review open during Cook County furlough day

By anthony.anderson at April 21, 2011 | 3:58 pm | 0 Comment

Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. would like to inform Cook County taxpayers that the Cook County Board of Review will be open to accept property tax assessment appeals on Friday, April 22, 2011. The President’s office has scheduled this date as the first of five mandatory shut down days; however, taxpayers who wish to file a property tax appeal with the Board of Review more...

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Final election results posted online

By Sebastian James at April 20, 2011 | 4:03 pm | 0 Comment

Final election results for suburban Cook County's April 5, 2011 Consolidated Election are now posted online. The results will be certified to the Illinois State Board of Elections on April 26. The April 5th election featured more than 2,100 candidates, 700 contests and 26 referenda. Unofficial election results were quickly reported; 95 percent of precincts were more...

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Cook County Department of Corrections Officers to donate Easter basket to local kids

By Sebastian James at April 20, 2011 | 11:02 am | 0 Comment

Officers from the Cook County Department of Corrections undertook their own collection of toys, clothes, Easter baskets and other goodies to share with local hospitalized children, as well as a local family recently devastated by a fatal fire. On Wednesday, April 20th officers from the Cook County Jail will be delivering Easter baskets to RML Specialty Hospital, more...

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Commissioner Larry Rogers Jr and elected officials will hold a final property tax appeal seminar for Hyde Park Township on April 21st

By Sebastian James at April 19, 2011 | 12:07 pm | 0 Comment

Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. of the Cook County Board of Review, along with 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell, 4th Ward Alderman Shirley Newsome, 5th Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston, 7th Ward Alderman Sandi Jackson, 8th Ward Alderman Michelle Harris, 10th Ward Alderman John Pope, 20th Ward Alderman Willie Cochran, 3rd Legislative District Senator Mattie Hunter, 33rd more...

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Preckwinkle, Fritchey move to open up Cook County data

By Sebastian James at April 19, 2011 | 10:03 am | 22 Comments

Right-click to open the above image in a new tab or window. To view the interactive version, make sure your viewer is in slideshow mode Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey today announced a major initiative to bring meaningful transparency reforms to Cook County.  The Open Cook County Plan is aimed at making county more...

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Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. and other officials host property tax appeal seminar in Hyde Park on April 19th

By anthony.anderson at April 18, 2011 | 4:59 pm | 1 Comments

Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. of the Cook County Board of Review, along with 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell, 4th Ward Alderman Shirley Newsome, 5th Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston, 7th Ward Alderman Sandi Jackson, 8th Ward Alderman Michelle Harris, 10th Ward Alderman John Pope, 20th Ward Alderman Willie Cochran, 3rd Legislative District Senator Mattie Hunter, 33rd more...

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Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. Announces Township Openings

By anthony.anderson at April 18, 2011 | 4:53 pm | 0 Comment

Commissioner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. of the Cook County Board of Review is announcing that Lake, North Chicago, South Chicago, West Chicago, Lemont and Worth Townships will be open for property tax appeal filing from Monday, April 18, 2011 until Tuesday, May 17, 2011. He would also like to remind taxpayers of the following deadlines for filing complaints: Friday, April more...

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Commissioner Cabonargi Announces Property Tax Seminars in Jefferson Township

By Sebastian James at April 14, 2011 | 3:18 pm | 1 Comments

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Michael M. Cabonargi will hold several property tax seminars in Jefferson Township on the Northwest side of Chicago.  The tax seminars are opportunities for homeowners to seek relief in their property taxes due to over-valuations to their homes.  The Board of Review accepts appeals from Jefferson Township until April 22. “I more...

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