Where does East St Louis City Counc...

Where does East St Louis City Council member Karen Cason live?

It's a question that Robert Haida, the St Clair shire state's attorney, is trying to answer.

Cason's voting address is 3324 talk Ave. It's also where, as a Democratic committeeman, she exhibits constituents in the 14th Precinct.

nevertheless for at least a decade, Cason has claimed another address outside the 14th Precinct to accumulate a break reserved for homeowner onward her property tax bill.

Cason receives an annual owner-occupancy exemption of $4687 forward the house she owns at 2427 St Louis Ave., in the 19th Precinct, shire records show.

The so-called SB 1790 exemption -- which Cason uses to chop the tax bill on the house on more than half each year -- can sole be claimed if the proprietor lives on the premises, according to state law.

Haida and an assistant plan to