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The BS that alderman Burke has been responsible for is business as usual in Cook County and everyone knows it

"Kaegi blames the higher residential bills on reductions in commercial tax bills He said properties like apartments and condos, businesses and big box stores won almost $1 billion in reductions after appealing to the Cook County Board of Review.

"There's an obscure part of Cook County government called the Cook County Board of Review that dramatically cut assessments for commercial properties like those, and it shifted in on to homeowners," he said. "The problem is this other body of government reduced commercial properties by $1 billion and that shifted about four percentage points of the burden on to homeowners "

https://abc7chicago.com/post/why-is-cook-county-property-tax-bill-high/15118903/