Editorial: Heads up, Chicago property owners. It’s reassessment year, and it won’t be pretty – Chicago Tribune*

the editorial board never seems to get it. Property taxes are a competiton between the properties in a given district to pay for those services. There is very little commonality, maybe 15%, outside of your local districts shared by other taxpayers. Paying lower rates in one suburb and much higher in another means nothing. Low tax rates in northern sububs has almost nothing to do with higher rates in southern suburbs. They should at least acknowledge this before revisiting the same tired points they make every six months or so.