Cook County is alone among counties in Illinois to use property tax classification.
Edgar, now a distinguished fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, and Netsch, now professor of law emeritas at Northwestern University, will appear together on a panel that will look at the context of property tax classification from a variety of viewpoints. The conference will also explore the implications of classification for economic activity in the Chicago area, including the release of a new study by IGPA faculty members Therese McGuire, Richard Dye and David Merriman. Finally, the conference will try to determine if there is a consensus for change. IGPA, The Civic Federation of Chicago and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy are sponsoring the conference. However, recent trends may point to the Founding Fathers fears coming to pass.