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Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is under fire from a court-appointed monitor for delays in implementing new hiring policies meant to keep politics out of his office and failing to understand what needs to be done to escape the federal microscope.
Susan G. Feibus, the Shakman monitor for the office, said in her report, which was filed in federal court last week, that Kaegi’s office has “not grasped the level of scrutiny” that comes with being under federal oversight.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Kaegi is too busy doubling everyone’s property taxes north of a line parallel of Madison St. “Federal oversight? Bah Hum Bug! I have real work to do, like increasing the property assessments of the ‘rich’!” (ie this is a fake quote, I made it up to get a point across)
It’s obvious he’s in way over his head. And not taking a federal probe seriously makes perfect sense. He’s simply looked around him and seen what his fellow pols have gotten away with and likely has a false sense of security built up.