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A group of South Suburban Cook County subdivision residents will approach the Cook County Board on Tuesday, Nov. 20, to push for a tax increase on mobile/manufactured homes in Cook County. We need as many Cook County residents as possible to call their commissioners before the 10 a.m. Tuesday meeting. The phone numbers are listed below and we urge you to either speak with a commissioner, or leave a voice mail message expressing your concerns.
Members of the Lynwood Association believe mobile/manufactured homeowners are not paying their fair share of taxes while still benefitting from full county services. According to an association spokeswoman, this is placing an undue burden on traditional homeowners. Cook County Commissioner Willam Moran, D-Calumet City, will present the issue to the full Board when it meets at 10 a.m. in the County Building, 118 N. Clark St., Chicago. The subdivision residents hope to increase our taxes by Christmas.
MHOAI members need to counter this effort by attending Tuesday's meeting. Many residents and county commissioners are not aware of our unique homeownership situation – we do not own the land under our homes and our taxes should be levied accordingly.
If you can not join us on Tuesday, please call your commissioners, John Stroger, County Chairman, and John Daley, County Finance Chairman, to educate them about our situation and protest this effort. The commissioners are:
According to published reports, the South Suburban association has chartered a bus to take as many traditional homeowners as possible to the Cook County Board meeting. MHOAI members and mobile/manufactured home residents must be present in order to provide the commissioners with a more balanced approach to the issues. We need as many calls as possible before the 10 am meeting on Tuesday.
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