Dec 28 2011
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“ The Cook County Board of Ethics is dropping an investigation into the thousands of dollars Assessor Joe Berrios accepted from attorneys whose bread and butter is representing clients seeking lower property tax bills — from county tax officials such as Berrios. In a written “advisory opinion” obtained by the Sun-Times, the watchdog group said they had no other choice but to discontinue the probe after county commissioners changed local campaign finance law over the summer, amid legal questions about contribution caps for tax attorneys.
