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Khouri zooms into the lead… on improper property tax exemptions

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* The Daily Herald has been looking into these sorts of stories for a while now, but they hit the mother lode on a candidate without much hope of winning…

A DuPage County Board member making a bid for Congress improperly claimed a number of homeowner exemptions on properties her family is renting out, a Daily Herald investigation has found.

Republican Tonia Khouri of Aurora, who is running against Naperville Democrat Bill Foster in the 11th Congressional District this fall, listed rental properties in Aurora as supplementary sources of income on the financial disclosure report filed in mid-May with the clerk of the House of Representatives. […]

But the Kane County and Aurora Township assessors offices, where the rental properties lie, confirmed the Khouris also received primary homeowners exemptions on homes on High Street from 2012 through 2015, on North Ohio Street in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and on Elliott Street in 2014 and 2015, all homes which are being rented out by the Khouris. Together, the Khouris have received more than $6,000 in exemptions for the properties, records show. […]

Khouri is not the first candidate to be found to be taking extra exemptions. The Daily Herald reported in 2013 that Gov. Bruce Rauner claimed $1,616 in extra homeowner exemptions on a Winnetka home, a Chicago penthouse and a condo, and that Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth was claiming two exemptions on homes in DeKalb and Hoffman Estates at the same time for a total of $1,928 in extra exemptions. Last fall, the Daily Herald also reported that Arlington Heights Trustee John Scaletta had claimed an extra $4,200 exemption on a second property.

* Meanwhile, in other congressional campaign news…

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:45 pm

Comments

1. so he supports trump?

   Comment by Saluki Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:51 pm

2. Does this make the case for getting rid of the homeowner exemption?

   Comment by NoGifts Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:53 pm

3. Good commercial, but how much money is available to run it against the millions Rauner will spend to run ads against Baricevic?

   Comment by DuPage Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:53 pm

4. Was that a trailer for Tommy Boy 2? Tommy runs for congress. I kept waiting for David Spade to make an appearance.

   Comment by Thunder Fred Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:54 pm

5. Khouri’s exemptions would be legal if the lease made the tenant liable for paying the property taxes. It’s a loophole, but only for single family homes.

   http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2011-09-18/law-allows-landlords-claim-multiple-homestead-exemptions.html

   Comment by Grand Avenue Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:54 pm

6. Thunder Fred, you beat me to it. That is what I was thinking.

   Comment by Come on man! Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:59 pm

7. SNOOZER of an ad - just a generic contrast ad, will not stand out in crowded southern IL television

   Comment by John Rawls Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 1:59 pm

8. The Bost/Baricevic race boils down to Randolph County.

   Comment by blue dog dem Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 2:00 pm

9. I hate homeowner exemptions. Generally speaking, it makes working class people subsidize homeownership for higher earners.

   Comment by Anonymous Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 2:05 pm

10. CJ, fix your tie.
    Tonia, really?

    Comment by A guy Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 2:15 pm

11. Thunder Fred summed up my initial reaction perfectly. “Fat guy in a little coat…”

    Comment by downstater Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 4:04 pm

12. Preeeeety sure that is a parody ad, right?

    Comment by Touré's Latte Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 4:47 pm

13. == Rauner claimed $1,616 in extra homeowner exemptions on a Winnetka home, a Chicago penthouse and a condo ==

    A BILLIONAIRE money grubbing for low 4 figures? Classless and WT….? Gotta love it.

    Comment by sal-says Monday, Sep 19, 16 @ 5:22 pm

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