Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on April 1 threw cold water on property owners' hopes that their second-installment tax bills may be delayed while they reel from the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, Daily Line reports.

Yet Treasurer Maria Pappas said she has "grave and severe concerns" about keeping the Aug. 1 due date while homeowners and business owners are struggling to pay bills.

"We are getting emails and calls to our phone center in which almost every other email and call is, 'Will there be an extension on the due date?'" Pappas told Daily Line. "I say to them, I don't have an answer right now, because I think minds bigger than mine will make a reasonable decision about this."

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