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Tax Arrangement Sparks City Bloom Township Debate
City and Bloom Township officials clash over a tax reactivation plan used to transfer delinquent land back to private developers. The arrangement, led by attorney Kenneth Pilota and Bloom Township Supervisor Thomas Somer, is defended as economic development but questions ethics and impact on tax revenue persist amid city politics and an upcoming election.
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Chicago Heights
Bloom Township
Cook County
U.S
Families United For Effective
Chicago Heights City Hall
Thomas
T.J.” Somer
FUEL
Chicago
Pilota
Aprati
Eugene Benigenburg
Otto Blvd
Bloom
Otto
Somer
Benigenburg
Mike
Toni Murphy
Beverly Bank
St. Paul Trust Co
Cluts City
Hoa3
Oto Blvd
Bloom ‘Township
the Star
Ruota
Dan ‘Lanaghan
Nation
Lanaghan
Township
Maria Pappas
Pappas
Ciambrone
Troiani
Mr. Pilota
Mr. Somer
Blooms Township
Chicago Heights Steel
East Main St
Principal of
Clambrooe
Frank Corral