Palatine to Inherit 175 Acres in Cook County Annexation?
Announced Monday by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, such a move would be a way for the county to push the cost of services onto local towns as they annex the land.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is calling for the elimination of all unincorporated areas in the coming years in order to relieve the county's strained financial resources, the Chicago Tribune reported. Preckwinkle appointed a task force in November 2011 to investigate the provision of services to unincorporated Cook County, as well as the associated costs. The study was completed and results were announced during a press conference Monday morning. Palatine has 175 acres that could be included in the annexation, which does not include the forest preserves since nobody is living there, said Reid Ottesen, village manager for Palatine. The unincorporated areas in Cook County that could logically fall into Palatine’s boundaries …
Sandra Levin
8:12 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
She promised she would fix the situation with 1$ in services for $10 in property tax payments to Cook County, not. Now they are expanding their base so they get even more money that the suburbs do not see in services. The Dems killed a bill allowing a suburban city to leave the county and annex to another one or form a new county. Remember this at voting time folks! more ›