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More Cook County Political Corruption – Bribe Taking for Assessment Cuts Arrests
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: TWO COOK COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW ANALYSTS CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING $1,500 BRIBE TO FACILITATE $14,000 PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION CHICAGO — Two analysts for the...
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Cook County Nursing Home Residents at Democrats’ Mercy, GOP Volunteers Sought
And, according to this email today from Defend the Vote‘s Sharon Meroni, the Democratic Party election officials won’t even tell who the judges will be who take votes from nursing home residents. The...
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State’s Attorney’s Office Contacting New County Board Members Holding Other...
Multiple sources have told McHenry County Blog that the McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s Office is making contact with the three newly-elected members of the County Board to advise them of...
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Feds Sue Cook County Pension Fund on Behalf of Army Reserve Captain who...
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: U.S. SUES COOK COUNTY AND COUNTY PENSION FUND to Enforce the Employment Rights of Army RESERVE Member Gary Shapiro CHICAGO – The United States today...
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Does Tom Dart Know His Concealed Carry Plan Will Hurt Poor Blacks and Latinos?
Basic economics teaches that when one prices something high that few will be sold. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has proposed that Cook County residents be charged $300 to apply for a concealed carry...
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Animal Farm – Concealed Carry Edition
The cover of the 1984 paperback edition of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” Some barnyard animals were more equal that others. It’s OK for Chicago Alderman to carry concealed handguns, but not its...
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Another Cook County Crook Goes Down
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER COOK COUNTY OFFICIAL CONVICTED OF STEERING FOUR CONTRACTS UNDER $25,000 IN RETURN FOR NEARLY $35,000 IN KICKBACKS CHICAGO ― A federal jury today...
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Cook County Assessment Crooks Go Down
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: TWO FORMER COOK COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW ANALYSTS CONVICTED OF ACCEPTING $1,500 BRIBE TO FACILITATE $10,000 PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION Maybe Eugene Mullins...
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25% Kickbacks Charged on Two No-Bid Cook County Forest Preserve Projects.
After you read the following press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, reflect on the size of the kickbacks compared to the size of the contracts. Both are almost 25%, which means to me that the...
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Cook County Voting Machines Not Certified by State Board of Elections
A press release from Sharon Meroni’s Defend the Vote: Illegal and Uncertified Voting Systems in Chicago and Suburban Cook County Defend the Vote has recently uncovered startling evidence that proves...
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Cook County Vote Switching Machine Leads to State Board of Elections Complaint
A press release from Defend the Vote: Defend The Vote Files HAVA Complaint against the Voting Machines in Chicago and Cook County Published on Thursday, 23 October 2014 05:14 | Written by Editor Sharon...
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Skillikorn: Prevailing Wage Bum Deal for Collar Counties
A press release from Allen Skillicorn: Prevailing Wage Is A Bum Deal For The Collar Counties Prevailing Wage is supposed to set a minimum hourly wage for skilled labor based on the cost of living for...
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More Leaving Chicago Metro Area Than Any Other in Midwest
A Bloomberg News analysis of Census data shows that the Chicago Metropolitan Area is losing a higher percentage of its residents than any other Midwest metropolitan area. The time period was between...
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Undercover Sting Leads to Recorder’s Clerk Pleading Guilty to Accepting Bribe
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Former Clerk at Cook County Recorder of Deeds Admits Accepting Cash Bribe in Exchange for Preparing Fraudulent Real Estate Deed CHICAGO — A former...
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Another Crook County Award Winner
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Former Cook County Sheriff’s Police Officer Sentenced to 7 1/2 Years in Prison for Robbing Drug Dealers While on Duty Blue Ribbon from the Crook County...
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Another Cook County Crook Pleads Guilty
A a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Glenview Man Pleads Guilty to Perjury Charge for Lying to Federal Grand Jury Investigating Possible Hiring Violations in Cook County Circuit Court...
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McHenry County Government Has Third Highest Average Salary
The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform has calculated average salaries paid by Illinois county governments. McHenry County came in third highest: Ten Counties with the Highest “Average Salary” for...
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Tribune Assessment Article Features 2% Effective Tax Rate for Overtaxed...
I was reading the second of the Chicago Tribune’s article on real estate assessments in Cook County and was struck be the following paragraph: In the end, the property taxes she paid that year...
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Bootleg Soda
No tax was paid on this McHenry County soft drink or the ice within, My wife was at Jewel last night and found a woman who worked in Cook County buying soft drinks to take to work. It does not take a...
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Chicago-Based Publication Explains Why Those Not in Cook County Don’t Cry...
Mike Fourcher’s “The Daily Line” email today talks about the apparent impending repeal of the soda tax by the Cook County Board. Included is information about property taxes. What first caught my eye...
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