Posted on 10/07/2018 2:37:50 PM PDT by ptsal
Real estate experts say J.B. Pritzker, Democrat candidate for Illinois governor, may have some serious legal problems stemming from a leaked report outlining how he allegedly manipulated Cook County’s tax system to lower his property tax bill.
The leaked report from Cook County’s top watchdog revisits how the Chicago billionaire got tax breaks totaling more than $300,000 by ripping out the toilets and altering other parts of one of his Gold Coast mansions shortly before having it deemed uninhabitable by a private appraiser.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
[snip] The report by Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard concluded that Pritzker was involved in a scheme that included "obtaining money by means of false representations and, in executing the scheme, the responsible parties caused checks to be issued by the Cook County Treasurer and delivered by U.S. Mail according to the direction thereon."
[snip] Richard Hagar, senior residential appraiser with the Appraisal Institute and an expert witness in a number of appraisal lawsuits, says the report outlines a classic case of fraud.
I read about this and up until he surreptitiously put a toilet back in, post-appraisal, I’d have argued he did nothing wrong.
love the repeated use of the term leaked in the article
The choice is the cost-to-cure versus “uninhabitable.”
Hourly rate plus new fixtures is probably quantifiable.
Someone has a lot of explaining to do.
I thought it was a crappy article.
leave it in the stall someone will read it
“says the report outlines a classic case of fraud. ..”
It is but also is a drop in the bucket compared to the overall corruption in Chumpcago/ Cook County. Right now it looks like the criminal Prickster will be the next governor.
FYI, Pritzker owns the Hyatt hotel chain.
The first IL governor to be jailed before he takes office.
I would suspect pritzker is unflappable.
2banana’s saying:
Conservatives and more than happy to live under than same laws and taxes they want for everyone else.
Liberals/progressives expect to exempted from the same laws and taxes they want for everyone else.
Lock him up!
Yes, the family owns the Hyatt hotels, which has had its employees (maids and housekeepers) marching the picket lines during a strike. J. B. Pritzker, as a man of the people, claims to love all working people, but says that he is not in a position to negotiate a settlement to the strike.
love the repeated use of the term leaked in the article
It does sound like the plumbing contractor had some leaks.
“Right now it looks like the criminal Prickster will be the next governor.”
You owe me a keyboard! It’s had a cofeffe infusion thanks to you descriptor. But isn’t Illinois where most, if not all of your governors end up in the slammer?
I sent a memo to my staff telling them that I cannot would not approve lodging expense claims from the Hyatt.
Voting with my feet and wallet.
I have not stated at a Hyatt hotel since the late 1990s. I refuse to support those hypocritical fools with my hard earned money.
Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!
The last two governors before Rauner are convicted felons. Ryan is out of prison now but Blagojevich still has hard years to go. Before that, Dan Walker and Otto Kerner both did prison time.
The Pritzkers are he stated enemies of Trump.
Thus, we want them to suffer and experience humiliating defeat.
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