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Attention North Township! Get help appealing your property taxes!

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Get Help Appealing Your Property Taxes!

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December 11, 2012: Attend a Property Tax Workshop for West Chicago Township Tomorrow

Nobody wants to pay more in property taxes than they are supposed to.  If your property taxes are too high, you have every right to appeal them.  West Chicago Township is currently open for appeals with the Board of …

December 11, 2012: Riders to CTA: ‘Please don’t take the No. 11’ Lincoln bus away

By Rosalind Rossi, Chicago Sun-Times

In words and through yellow T-shirts, defenders of the No. 11 bus line begged Chicago Transit Authority Board members Monday night to “slow down’’ plans to kill off nearly half of the Lincoln Avenue route.…

November 15, 2012: Look At Cook Shines Light On County Budget

CHICAGO – Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey (D-12th) today announced the updated release of LookatCook.com, a budget transparency website he first launched in August, 2011.  The announcement of the update comes just days after the Cook County Board voted …

November 14, 2012: Cook County votes to cut pay for some political appointees

By Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune

Cook County commissioners on Wednesday voted to end full-time pay and benefits for political appointees on a pair of panels, a change backed by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

Salaries, medical benefits and pension contributions …

October 31, 2012: Cook County to Dedicate $2 Million Towards Violence Prevention

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today a compromise to the proposed firearm and ammunition tax and a $2 million dedicated to violence prevention, intervention and reduction programs that combat gun violence.

The County will impose a $25 tax …

October 19, 2012: Preckwinkle budget would raise cigarette, gun taxes

By Hal Dardick and Alejandra Cancino, Chicago Tribune

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is on the cusp of wiping out the last bit of a highly unpopular sales tax increase approved under her predecessor, but to get there …