Forum Sheds Light on Cook County Tax Assessors Office

“The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform’s (ICPR) Executive Director Mary Miro said there is an unfair burden of taxes placed on some homeowners and minority communities in Cook County.

As the host for the ICPR “Show Us the Money” forum July 19 at the Union League Club of Chicago, Miro and a panel of four reporters who worked on the award-winning Chicago Tribune-ProPublica Illinois collaboration, “The Tax Divide,” along with a representative from the Cook County Clerk’s Office discussed the county’s controversial topic.

Tatia Gibbons Laforme, Cook County Clerk’s Real Estate and Tax Services Office director, began the panel discussion by explaining how the county’s property taxes, which are paid in two annual installments, support local services including school districts.”