The university never told county officials it was leasing to a preschool which could be on the hook for over $800,000 in property taxes. So the bills went to a past tenant which refused to pay the county over $400,000 in taxes but was allowed to renew its lease.
They lease public property to businesses. Many don’t pay their taxes. And the government landlords do little to monitor this, even when the law requires it, a Sun-Times investigation finds.
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