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As community organizers and Pilsen area residents celebrated Cinco de Mayo on Saturday at Dvorak Park, they were also calling out increased property taxes that shocked residents last year when they received their tax bill.
A protest Thursday Downtown and workshop Saturday in Little Village are the latest in a series of actions to help homeowners save money and change the process that led to the increases.
The bills were crafted by Treasurer Maria Pappas’s office based on two studies conducted by the office last year that found the county’s system for dealing with delinquent property taxes disproportionately affects Black and Latino communities.