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Cook County Assessor
The Cook County Assessor is the assessor and county government officer of Cook County, Illinois. Office description Before the creation of the position of Cook County Assessor in 1932, the Cook County Board of Assessors completed assessments in Cook County. The Board of Assessors had been created after a law passed by the Illinois General Assembly on February 25, 1898 created a Board of Assessors in counties with 125,000 or more inhabitants. The board had five members, with a rule that no more than four could reside in the same city. After an apparent fourteen month delay in determining the 1931 assessment, it was decided that the structure of assessment in Cook County, with a five member Board of Assessors and three member Cook County Board of Review needed to be restructured. On February 13, 1932, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law that in counties of 250,000 or more, the governor and the presidents of those counties' board of commissioners would appoint an Assesso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Kaegi
Fredrick "Fritz" Kaegi is an American politician who has served as Cook County assessor since 2018. Early life Kaegi was born in November 1971 in Chicago. He grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. He graduated from Haverford College, and went on to get his Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. Career For more than twenty years, Kaegi worked as a asset manager. This included 13 years spent working at Columbia Wagner Asset Management. Kaegi holds the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Illinois Assessment Officer. He also is a member of the International Association of Assessing Officers. Cook County Assessor 2018 campaign A first-time candidate for public office, Kaegi ran for Cook County assessor in 2018. He largely self-financed his campaign. Kaegi's ran as a reformer under the slogan, "No favoritism, just fairness". In the Democratic primary, he defeated embattled incumbent Joseph Berrios. Kaegi originally had appeared t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |