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Board of Review Commissioner Cabonargi to host property tax appeal seminar on 3/28
By Sebastian James at March 21, 2011 | 2:18 pm | 0 Comment
On Monday, March 28th at 6:30 PM at the Copernicus Center located at 5216 West Lawrence Avenue, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Michael M. Cabonargi will hold a seminar with State Senator John Mulroe (10th District), Alderman Tim Cullerton (38th Ward), Alderman John Rice (36th Ward), Alderman Pat Levar (45th Ward), State Representative Joe Lyons (19th District), more...
Board of Review Opens Five More Suburban Townships for Property Tax Appeal
By elly.drake at March 21, 2011 | 2:10 pm | 0 Comment
The Cook County Board of Review has announced dates for filing assessment appeal complaints for suburban property owners in Bloom, Elk Grove, New Trier, Orland and Proviso Townships. The filing dates for property assessment appeals begin on Thursday, March 24, 2011 and will end on Friday, April 22, 2011. Property owners may appeal their assessments to the Board if they more...
Preckwinkle, Sims provide municipalities with economic development tool
By Sebastian James at March 21, 2011 | 11:24 am | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Finance Chairman John Daley and Cook County Board Commissioner Deborah Sims on Monday delivered on a promise to help 13 municipalities with targeted economic development projects through the Cook County No Cash Bid Program. The basic concept of the program is to assist municipalities and other taxing bodies with the more...
Cook County Sheriff’s online education program for inmates graduates seven
By Sebastian James at March 18, 2011 | 9:03 am | 0 Comment
Seven young men charged with non-violent crimes who were just a few credit hours away from receiving their high school diplomas will receive them today after finishing course work online at the Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced. A graduation ceremony is set for 3:00 p.m. today (March 18, 2011) in the Jury Assembly Room at the Cook County Criminal more...
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3/22 Poll Question: What should we do over our next 100 days?
By Sebastian James at March 17, 2011 | 4:48 pm | 7 Comments
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Cook County 100-day report card
By Sebastian James at March 16, 2011 | 10:57 am | 5 Comments
On December 6, 2010 Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was sworn into office. A day later, she released her transition report, with 37 initiatives for transforming Cook County. Of these 37, we committed to making significant progress on 29 of them in our first 100 days. The report included ideas from residents and was guided by 80 civic more...
Cook County Sheriff’s Patrol Officer helps deliver baby
By Sebastian James at March 14, 2011 | 1:07 pm | 3 Comments
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer on routine patrol assisted in the emergency delivery of a baby, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Monday. Officer Michael Kizaric was in the process of conducting a traffic stop around 4 p.m. Wednesday, near the intersection of Archer and Lockwood Avenues in Stickney, when he was approached by Jonathan Martinez, 31, of Chicago. more...
Former north suburban waste collection agency director tied to $900,000 theft
By Sebastian James at March 14, 2011 | 11:55 am | 0 Comment
The former executive director of a public agency that manages garbage collection for more than 20 north and northwest suburbs has been charged with stealing more than $900,000 in funds from the agency over a four-year period, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced on Friday, March 11th. Christopher Brooke Beal, 47, of Chicago, served as executive more...
Cook County Sheriffs Police indict millionaire hedge fund trader for perjury
By Sebastian James at March 14, 2011 | 11:41 am | 0 Comment
Bond has been set at $100,000 for a Chicago man accused of perjuring himself in court, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday. Mikhail Malyshev, 41, of the 100 block of Garrison Avenue in Wilmette was indicted on two counts of perjury, a class 3 felony, and appeared in bond court on Wednesday. The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Financial Crimes more...
Olympic athlete, 14 college graduates among new graduates of Cook County Sheriff’s Training Academy
By Sebastian James at March 14, 2011 | 11:34 am | 0 Comment
A member of two U.S. Olympic teams, two former teachers, a retired fire lieutenant and 14 college graduates were among the 45 cadets to graduate from the Cook County Sheriff’s Training Academy, marking the beginning of their law enforcement careers as correctional officers based at the Cook County Jail. Sheriff Thomas J. Dart presided over the ceremonies on 3/9 more...
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