Major tax hikes for landlords? Maybe not.: After Fritz Kaegi jacks up assessments, the county Board of Review is whacking them down.

Maybe not.: After Fritz Kaegi jacks up assessments, the county Board of Review is whacking them down Kaegi, who unseated Berrios, has refused donations from the tax-appeals bar and hiked assessments on commercial and industrial properties, part of his push to fix what he believes is a broken and unfair assessment process. After Kaegi's office valued a 47-unit apartment building in north Evanston at $15 million, the property's owner appealed to the Board of Review, which cut the assessment to $11.8 million. [Extracted from the article]
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