Cook County Clerk David Orr

For too long, TIFs were used as corporate subsidies. We have far too much at stake in our city to allow TIF money to be poorly used or misused.

As Americans, we are proud of the strides we have made over time to extend the voting franchise to all citizens, however halting these steps may have been.

There was a time when nobody would order a birth certificate at Cook County Vital Records unless they packed their favorite book and a lunch. But times have changed.