Cook County leaders are championing a bill in Springfield they say will prevent delinquent properties from falling into a spiral of blight. But one county office says much more is needed to fix the government's handling of abandoned buildings, arguing that "a BAND-AID won't cure cancer."

Pappas wrote in a statement to The Daily Line that she was "pleased" to see state legislators "addressing the problem identified last December in my Scavenger Sale study."

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