Invites all members of the Local Leagues
in Cook County and their guests to a
 
Virtual "Food for Thought" Event

Featuring  

Cook County Treasurer
Maria Pappas


When: 
Thursday, July 15, 2021, from noon to 1 pm
 
How: 
via Zoom (instructions will be emailed to you so you can join the video via computer, tablet, or smartphone, or join the audio via any phone the day before the event)
 
To Register: 
Email the League at info@lwvcookcounty.org and provide your name, League, phone number, and email address. Please put in the Subject line: Food for Thought. A confirmation will be sent to you. 
There is no charge for this free program.
 
Deadline: 
Monday, July 12. Space is limited
 
Questions? 
Email the League at info@lwvcookcounty.org or call Pris Mims at 312-861-0166.
 
About Treasurer Pappas
 
Treasurer Pappas is an informed and dynamic speaker to which members of the LWVCC Observer Corps can attest! Here are just a few of her accomplishments since taking office.
 
  • When she became Treasurer in 1998, the office had 4 working computers, 6 typewriters, and dozens of letter openers that were used to slit open, by hand, all the payment envelopes. Piles of cardboard trays were sitting on the floors that the new Treasurer discovered contained $30 million in checks not collecting interest. One of her first steps was to obtain a bank lockbox to deposit those and all future checks on the same day they were received. In her first year as Treasurer, interest income to the County increased from $4.8 million to almost $19 million.
 
  • The Treasurer’s office now has a networked system of computers doing much of the work that used to be done manually. There are 68 employees, down from 250 in 1998. 

  • In 2009 Treasurer Pappas sponsored, and the Cook County Board approved, a Debt Disclosure Ordinance that allows taxpayers to see the operational and pension debts of each governmental entity included on property tax bills. 

Join us and hear much more in the Treasurer's own immutable style. Register for "Food for Thought" at info@lwvcookcounty.org.

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