Changing tax system is best way to help Southland, Cook County assessor tells group

South suburban homeowners and business leaders have long warned that Cook County’s high property taxes were squeezing the life out of communities.

High costs were driving people and commerce into neighboring Will County and Indiana, they said. Hard economic times, such as the 2008 financial crisis, seemed to hit people in the Southland worse than in other areas.

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