From the Patlak for Cook County Board of Review campaign…
With real estate values declining and property taxes rising, it is important to have a representative within our county government who is dedicated to making sure taxpayers get a fair hearing when they appeal their property assessment. My name is Dan Patlak and I am a candidate for Commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review which reviews property assessment appeals. Unlike my Chicago Machine opponent, I possess the formal education, professional credentials, real world experience and demonstrated actions as a Taxpayer Advocate that make me uniquely qualified to lead the Board of Review. Details confirming this can be found in my biography.
With fifty plus years of Chicago Machine domination of Cook County government resulting in an unprecedented corruption tax, it is vital we elect qualified leaders from the minority party to act as a check and balance on behalf of honest Cook County citizen tax payers. The Board of Review is currently run by three commissioners representing the Chicago Machine. They join a slew of other likeminded officials at the Assessor’s office, the Treasurer’s office, the Clerk’s office and the Recorder of Deed’s office to run the Cook County Property Tax system. If ever there was a system that needed some new blood, it is Cook County Government.
Our campaign to inject professionalism and a check and balance into the Board of Review is dedicated to the proposition that taxpayers are empowered when they are educated about their property taxes. That is why my campaign web site www.ElectPatlak.com features an “Education Center” that provides information about property tax appeals, exemptions and agencies. We have also just released the first in a series of “Property Tax Facts” videos to answer commonly asked questions. Please take a look and let me know what you think. If you are favorably impressed, then click on “volunteer” and/or “contribute” to help our campaign prevail on Election Day.
As we approach the November 2nd election we will be e-mailing you occasional messages regarding our efforts to promote professional competence and political balance at the Board of Review. Please forward these messages to your neighbors who share the burden of financing our governmental system with their property tax payments.
Thank you for your kind consideration of this correspondence.
Sincerely,
Dan Patlak
Candidate for Cook County Board of Review Commissioner
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