What Did You Expect to Happen?

The whining on the west side is amusing to behold:

• Dozens of residents frustrated about hikes on their property tax bills this year attended Monday night’s community meeting hosted by Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in West Garfield Park.

  Residents sat down with members of Kaegi’s office to find tax exemptions for which they are eligible. They also met with the Cook County Board of Review to submit appeals of their tax bill, which Reed, 54, filed during the event.

  Predominantly Black neighborhoods on the South and West sides are bearing the brunt of the county’s tax burden shift from the Loop to the city’s neighborhoods, according to a Cook County treasurer’s office report.

  Angelina Romero, spokesperson for the assessor’s office, said a major reason for that shift is the Board of Review’s continuous reductions given to large commercial properties, such as retail and data centers.

Nothing about the wondrous parenting skills on the west side for the past sixty years or so. Criminals raising criminals, allowing the non-demonized to run rampant, and finally spilling out of the neighborhood confines into the traditionally "low crime" areas, driving middle class residents and businesses out of the city and destroying the tax base.

Would the proper reply be "Reap what you have sown" or "FAFO"?