George Cardenas, commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review: "As we saw in this year’s reassessment in the south suburbs, property assessments tend to be skewed against lower-income homeowners and people of color, leading to over-assessments and higher tax bills. ... Circuit breaker programs provide targeted property tax relief based on a household’s income."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The tax system is a zero sum game, one group gets a reduction another group gets
Taxed more. Squeeze the python wins again!
Ending one party rule in Chicago would also ease the burden of soaring property taxes too!