She “also received $45,200 from five limited liability corporations affiliated with Vendor Assistance Program, which pays businesses the money they are owed by the state and later collects from the state, keeping the interest state government pays when it’s late on its bills. The checks Vendor Assistance Program ultimately collects, netting it millions of dollars in profits, are issued by the comptroller’s office.

In September, Mendoza received another $22,200 from companies affiliated with Vendor Assistance Program.”

Mendoza and Solis have been allies for about 20 years, and Mendoza gave away a total of $73,900 she had received from Solis-controlled political funds.

Includes a $900 million TIF.

The fact that the Cook County Board of Review needs at least 11 additional employees — the county authorized five more if enough fees are collected to support them — just to try to make a dent in a four-year backlog of appeals is by itself an indictment of the entire process. Lawmakers who care about property tax reform acknowledge that, then look beyond mere blemishes and address the entire corrupt and unfair system.

“In the pages of emails and information from the CTPF FOIA documents, it was confirmed that the CTU was sent multiple notices and invoices for outstanding Statutory Penalties, Liquidated Damages and Interest Due on Untimely Payroll Records and Pension Contribution Payments for 2018.”