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Ald. Ed Burke Blocks Property Tax Appeals Tied to His Law Firm, Critics Call Conflict

Executive Director Sarah Brune was quoted in this article.

Via – The Chicago Tribune

“Influential Ald. Ed Burke has sidelined an effort to increase the property taxes paid by the owners of two buildings his law firm represents on assessment appeals, a move one Chicago City Council colleague and ethics experts say could violate conflict-of-interest rules.

The issue arose last week after 22nd Ward Ald. Ricardo Munoz, joined by nearly two dozen aldermen, introduced a measure that would force Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration to take legal steps to try to increase the assessed property values of seven prime commercial buildings. Munoz contended the properties were sold for more than twice as much as Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios valued them.

The proposal was spurred by “The Tax Divide,” an investigation published by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica Illinois that found many large commercial properties are under-assessed, punishing small businesses and shifting more of the tax burden onto homeowners.”

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