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This is a Crain's gift link, where its editorial board interviews candidate for mayor Alexi Giannoulias on a range of topics.

Don't know when bills are being mailed, but the treasurer finally completed the work & 2nd installment bills are available online. Due date October 1.

https://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/

My bill shows CPS & the City of Chicago are responsible for the increasing their take both in dollars & percentage.

The founder of one of Chicago’s most high-profile youth violence prevention groups, who also works as a Chicago Public Schools counseling assistant, is sitting in the Cook County Jail after being charged with criminal sexual assault and grooming involving two 14-year-old girls.

Prosecutors said Charles McKenzie, founder of Englewood First Responders who refers to himself as the “Mayor of Englewood,” was working for CPS at the time of the alleged incidents.

>The campaign has so far only paid for posts from one creator, according to Perry — a drop in the overflowing bucket of online discourse about the mayor. Several other content creators sharing online support for Johnson told the Tribune they had not been paid, with some adding they’ve never even had contact with his team.

>Still, for all candidates, it’s a largely unregulated space that opens the door to overly fawning coverage, or even misinformation. Social media platforms do little to help viewers distinguish a campaign’s unpaid supporters from its paid contractors, and some politicians have turned to influencers to get their message out without facing the scrutiny and pesky questions provided by more traditional news outlets.