Sometimes I can’t help but speculate that Cook County government, in its insatiable appetite for revenue, has hired a couple of people whose jobs primarily consist of coming up with unorthodox ways of finding additional sources of money (which can then be used for cronyism). I already knew that banks are pretty good at this revenue-game, but Cook County must have hired a few bankers lately, because it appears as though now they’re going to levy fees for mortgage companies who pay property taxes on behalf of their customers. I say that because here’s a letter that I received from my mortgage company a few days ago:
