Federal investigators digging deeper into Pritzker’s $331K property tax break – Illinois Policy

Note that improper under-assessment by sociopathic predators such as Pritzker and Ricketts (bipartisan behavior) have a significant deleterious effect on Equalization Factors which affect all property owners. When underassessed properties sell at fair value, the equalization factor formula is designed rise, thus impacting all fairly-valued property assessments upward. Who is overseeing this? Nobody. Underassessment is the most damaging of non-uniform, illegal public assessment practices: it raises rates on all over-assessed or fairly-assessed properties. Can homeowners do anything about it? No. Property tax assessment appeals access is limited: there is no mechanism to appeal unfairly LOW assessments of those predators such… Read more »

The keyword in property tax assessment is “uniformity”. Did tax assessment appellants other than Pritzker receive exemptions from Statutory requirements for required documentation? If so, were all the appellants (in pursuit of “COE” (Certificate of Error), enabling retroactive tax rebates) who received waiver from Statutory requirements treated in a uniform manner, or were those who were represented by certain law firms granted statistically anomalous preferential treatment? Finally, do property taxpayers (homeowners) understand that if this one sociopathic predator is granted preferential treatment then probably there are others, and that for every $1 of property taxes the Pritzker Empire saves there… Read more »

2019 websearch of 1431 Astor St. revealed no compliance with City ordinance requirements for vacant property: List of requirements for vacant property, including prominent posting of sign, and q6 month registration renewals and fees.  A registration fee ($300-$600) is required at the time of initial registration.  • Each registration lasts for 6 months. The registration must be renewed every 6 months until deregistered. A $300 fee must be paid for each renewal.  • Proof of insurance must be provided at the time of registration.  4. POST a sign in a prominent location on the building, visible from the nearest street.  • The… Read more »

“When I think about the possibility of people committing these kinds of wrongdoings, I think people who are in public service need to live up to the integrity of the job they were asked to do.” Jumbo Belly forgot to add “this does not apply to me.”