RFI in the News

Dysfunction in DuPage County leads to loss of millions of tax dollars

In an article by the Chicago Tribune, RFI ED Alisa Kaplan offers her thoughts regarding reported mismanagement of millions of dollars of new cannabis taxes in DuPage County. According to county officials, an estimated $3 million were lost over 18 months due to a myriad of miscommunications.

“There seem to be several layers of dysfunction here, both within individual offices and in their relationships with each other,” Kaplan told the Tribune. “It does seem like county officials are taking these issues seriously and trying to address them. Hopefully there’ll be a thorough review of how these failures happened and how to prevent similar problems in the future.”

Read the article here.


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