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Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios Outlines Plans to Help Homeowners After Recent Flooding
By Communications Staff at April 30, 2013 | 11:11 am | 0 Comment
Originally published in the April 30, 2013 edition of ChicagoTribune.com Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios announced today that his office, in cooperation with local, township, and county elected officials, will host numerous outreach sessions to help taxpayers that suffered great losses as a result of the serious flooding. “Many Cook County residents have more...
Preckwinkle, Orr, Volunteers Team Up for National Voter Registration Day
By Sebastian James at September 26, 2012 | 9:31 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Clerk David Orr kicked off a countywide nonpartisan voter registration drive yesterday at the Markham courthouse in conjunction with National Voter Registration Day. The voter registration deadline is Oct. 9 for the Nov. 6, 2012 Presidential Election. Preckwinkle, a former high school more...
Board of Review Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr. Continues Pre-Registration Property Tax Appeal Initiative Throughout Cook County
By Communications Staff at July 26, 2012 | 8:29 am | 2 Comments
Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr., of the Cook County Board of Review, has hosted more than a half dozen pre-registration property tax appeal forums throughout Cook County since July 9th. Taxpayers have come out in the hundreds seeking relief from the excessive property tax bills they have recently received. Commissioner Rogers’ Pre-Registration Initiate will come to more...
Second-Installment Property Tax Bills to be Mailed on Time for the First Time in Three Decades
By Sebastian James at June 6, 2012 | 10:37 am | 6 Comments
Cook County elected officials announced Wednesday that 1.8 million second-installment property tax bills are expected to be mailed on time this year for the first time since 1978 – a move that will save municipalities and school districts millions of dollars. Staff from county agencies met months ago to develop an accelerated schedule to restore timeliness and more...
Cook County Tax Incentives Help 126-Year Old Company Create 40 Jobs
By Sebastian James at May 10, 2012 | 2:28 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today visited Gonnella Baking Company’s newly expanded facility made possible by a Class 6B tax credit that kept the company from moving outside of Cook County, which it has called home for more than a century. Founded in the City of Chicago in 1886, Gonnella Baking Company has been a leading manufacturer of bread in the more...
Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr. Holds Crucial Property Tax Appeal Forums With Esteemed Rich Township Elected Officials
By Sebastian James at January 26, 2012 | 3:06 pm | 2 Comments
Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr. of the Cook County Board of Review, along with Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., State Senator Maggie Crotty, State Senator Toi W. Hutchinson, State Representative William Q. Davis, Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims, Rich Township Supervisor and State Representative Al Riley, Rich Township Assessor Carol Ranieri, Rich Township Trustee more...
Board of Review Commissioners Announce the Opening of Bloom, Hanover, Niles, Proviso, and Schaumburg Townships for Property Tax Assessment Appeal Filing
By Sebastian James at January 26, 2012 | 3:04 pm | 0 Comment
Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr., Commissioner Michael M. Cabonargi, and Commissioner Dan Patlak announced today that the Cook County Board of Review is now open to accept property tax assessment appeals for Bloom, Hanover, Niles, Proviso, and Schaumburg Townships. Those taxpayers who own property within these townships and feel they have been over assessed have until more...
Lobbyists paid $1.9 million in Cook County last year
By Sebastian James at January 25, 2012 | 9:35 am | 5 Comments
Lobbyists were paid $1.9 million in 2011 as they attempted to influence Cook County officials on issues including the budget, pension reform, and taxes on tobacco, alcohol and amusements, according to reports submitted to Clerk David Orr's Lobbyist Online website. "Lobbyists contacted officials nearly 1,200 times in 2011 about important issues facing the people of more...
Commissioner Cabonargi Announces Property Tax Appeal Seminar
By Sebastian James at January 25, 2012 | 9:03 am | 1 Comments
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Michael M. Cabonargi will hold a property tax seminar with State Senator John Mulroe (10th District) and Alderman Tim Cullerton (48th Ward) on how homeowners can appeal their property assessment and lower their property tax bills. The seminar will be held on Monday, January 30 at 6:30 PM at The Portage Park Senior Center, located more...
Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr. and Thornton Township Mayors Hold Two Property Tax Appeal Forums
By Sebastian James at January 12, 2012 | 9:59 am | 0 Comment
Commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr. of the Cook County Board of Review, along with Mayor of the Village of Riverdale Deyon Dean, Mayor of the City of Harvey Eric J. Kellogg, President of the Village of Phoenix Terry R. Wells, Mayor of City of Calumet City Michelle Markiewicz-Qualkinbush Mayor of Village of Dixmoor Keevan A. Grimmett, Mayor of the City of Markham David Webb, more...
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