North Stage
(On S. Dearborn St., just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)
Saturday 9/12, 1pm

As Cook County Treasurer, Maria Pappas took an office that was a backwater in 1998 and made it the gold standard for local government offices. Foreign nations have visited to see what Maria does and how she does it. Local officials have told her that her office’s excellence makes other Cook County offices up their game. She has taken pains to ensure that minority communities, heavily affected by rising property taxes, get refunds and exemptions that lower bills. Her ground-breaking Pappas Studies explain to the people just what it is that their government does.