Following complaints of skyrocketing property tax bills in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, Democratic Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is in a tough race against Pat Hynes, who calls property tax assessment work his vocation and passion.
He was elected as an outsider and reformer. Eight years ago, Kaegi beat incumbent Joe Barrios with a promise to clean up corruption and change a regressive system that over-assessed lower-valued properties and under-assessed commercial properties…