Joe Berrios

Last fall, the Cook County Board of Commissioners responded to concerns that some county-wide officials were funding their campaigns with overly generous contributions from people with business before them by passing a new ordinance to regulate giving to candidates for certain offices. Among those covered by the new ordinance was Joe Berrios, then a member of the Board of Review, which hears property tax appeals, and a candidate for Cook County Assessor, which sets property tax assessments. Berrios has raised hundreds of thousands from attorneys who handle tax appeals.