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Public commenters allege technology failures and record manipulation at Cook County committee meeting
Summary
Three public commenters told the Technology and Innovation Committee that county technology is failing residents, alleging tax and court-record errors and accusing officials of enabling deed changes and corruption; committee did not take formal action on the allegations.
Three members of the public used the committee’s public-comment period to raise allegations about county technology and record-keeping.
George Blakemore said technology used in property and tax systems was producing errors that harm residents. “Something is wrong with this technology…we could keep getting Tyler or tell or whatever all this time and mess up all these taxes,” he said, arguing that technology problems contributed to community harm.
Jessica Jackson accused officials of ignoring residents and suggested electronic court filings and records can be manipulated, saying people have "filed something electronically and swear up and down that it got sent to you when in fact it did not," and that such issues can lead to wrongful convictions or other adverse legal outcomes.
Zoe Lee said county officials were enabling improper deed changes and named Jesse White in that context; she said the county has delayed modernizing systems and accused officials of corrupt behavior. "Y'all can continue to steal… I'm going to make sure my generation tells these elders to either whole day vote or never vote blue," she said when describing planned civic responses.
The committee record shows these remarks were made during the public-comment period; the transcript does not include substantive responses from staff or committee members to the allegations, nor does it include evidence substantiating the claims. The statements are presented as the speakers’ allegations and expressions of concern.
