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Residents and county judges urge probe after partisan-style insert appears in Kane County tax bills
Summary
Several public commenters pressed the county executive committee to investigate a partisan‑looking insert that accompanied recent Kane County property tax bills, asking for an independent cost audit and a review under the Illinois State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; the board agreed to research costs and consider referral to the state's attorney.
Three residents who spoke during public comment asked Kane County officials on May 6 to investigate an insert that accompanied recent property tax bills and which they said resembled political advertising.
Vicky Davidson Bell of Geneva told the executive committee the treasurer’s office included a color photograph and messaging in the mailed tax bill that “counts how he kept down taxes,” and she called the insert “completely inappropriate” for an official tax document. “Tax bills should have only been tax bills and not included advertisement for himself to…
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