Cook County tax review worker files suit claiming wrongful firing over political dealings on the job

In a controversy arising in part from the Chicago Bears’ property tax dispute, a former worker at the Cook County tax appeal board has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that he was fired for refusing to take part in political in-fighting. Frank Calabrese was an assessment analyst and director of communications for Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele. In his federal suit, he claims that Steele fired him after he refused her orders over the Bears’ appeal, and after he took part in an investigation of her by the Cook County Office of the Independent Inspector General. Steele […]