DemocraticCandidatesforCookCountyAssessor Robert Shaw
Party Affiliation - Democrat
Martial Status – Single
Job Description:
• Determines fair assessments on all residential, commercial and industrial property in Cook County
• One-third of property in the Chicagoland area is reassessed every three years: Property is divided into Northern Suburbs, the Southern Suburbs and the city of Chicago
Religion- Baptist
Education — Kennedy King College
Political Experience — Ald. of the 9th Ward, former Commissioner at the Board of Review, Currently the Inspector General in Dolton, Ill.
Endorsements — Senator Emil Jones, State Senator Mattie Hunter, 3rd District
“My overwhelming empathy for people, combined with my 40 years plus in public service, has always permitted me to create opportunities for the upward mobility of the citizens of Cook County. As assessor, I will be in a position to assure that all property in the county is fairly and equitably assessed. In addition, I will fight to permanently enact the 7 percent tax cap.”
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