Cook County leaders want property tax relief for more seniors, but south suburban mayors group resists – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

Helping seniors is a “worthy endeavor,” but South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association Executive Director Kristi DeLaurentiis worries about how many bills would fall dramatically, pushing a heavier burden on other residents still reeling from their most recent bills. “We saw huge spikes in our bills in 2023, we haven’t recovered from those,” DeLaurentiis said.
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Free at Last
7 months ago

Ah yes, the vultures fighting over who gets to pick the carcass clean. At what point in time does it occur to you that you are all just victims waiting for your turn to be mugged.

Sanity please
7 months ago

Please, Please keep raising the property
taxes in Crook County, sorry Cook County.
keep your hands out of the rest of Illinois
taxpayers pockets.
welcome to the Harvey/ Cook, Chicago
show. The tsunami tax wave will hit and
All of the politicians in Cook and Chicago will
shout out in unison, “ what happened “.

The Craw
7 months ago

“We saw huge spikes in our bills in 2023, we haven’t recovered from those,” DeLaurentiis said. That was the tax year the south suburbs saw both the full impact of THE POST-PANDEMIC REAL ESTATE BOOM and the end of Kaegi’s “COVID adjustment,” Emphasis added. What boom is this woman talking about?! There’s been no boom! There’s been a massive increase in housing cost (prices) driven by inflation. The inflation was caused by the idiotic fiscal and immigration policies of the Biden administration. Full stop. The highest inflation in 50 years driving up the price of EVERYTHING, including home prices, is… Read more »

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