The Chicago Sun-Times reports on taxes going up in Obama's state Senate district:
Property tax bills are about to hit Chicago mailboxes -- and it's gonna hurt.
Poor, heavily minority neighborhoods trying to make a rebound will get the worst of it. Homeowners in Fuller Park, West Garfield Park and Englewood -- where property assessments started to rebound before the housing market tanked -- will see their taxes soar as much as 71 percent.
With practically everyone, in Chicago, in elected office a Democrat: this is a true Democratic Party happening.Don't they care about the poor people? No word yet from the Obama campaign on this one.Here's a very disturbing quote:
"We're not even middle class, and we're getting hit like this," Fuller Park resident Carolyn Chaney-Foy said. "Most people over here are seniors or people on a fixed income. If taxes go up a couple hundred more dollars, it will be more than my mortgage. Who can afford that? Property values go down, and the taxes go up. That doesn't make sense. It can't be the economy, so what is it?"
For those who want to appeal their property taxes
Alderman Burke runs a property tax appeals law firm.Alderman Burke slates Cook County judges,controls Chicago's tax code,and might even handle your appeal.It's all in a days work for Alderman Burke.Alderman Burke was willing to do business with
Tony Rezko.So,as you can imagine, Alderman Burke isn't worried about appearances.
