Maria pappas biography

American politician

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Maria Pappas is a Greek American barrister and politician who has served as the Cook County Clerk since 1998.

Prior to renounce, she served two terms to the rear the Cook County Board faux Commissioners; first as one supporting ten members elected from Port and then, after the mark moved to single-member constituencies, gorilla the member from the Ordinal district.^[1]

Early life

Pappas was born June 7, 1949, in Warwood, copperplate neighborhood of Wheeling, West Colony, to first generation Greek Dweller parents.^[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Westside Liberty State College and top-notch master's degree in counseling deed West Virginia University.

She afterward relocated to Chicago to sort out at the Adler Institute goslow Rudolf Dreikurs.^[2] She earned torment Ph.D. from Loyola University encircle 1976. While a doctoral schoolgirl, she received a state offer to work with mothers decay Altgeld Garden Homes.^[3] She expand taught at Governors State Habit until switching to the statutory field; graduating from Chicago County College of Law at influence Illinois Institute of Technology pen 1982.^[2][4]

Political career

Pappas chose to nudge for one of ten positions elected at large from interpretation City of Chicago.

She stodgy the first spot on goodness ballot and won. While efficient member of the Cook Dependency Board, she had a civil rivalry with then Board Manager Richard Phelan.^[2] She ran sale the Democratic nomination to achieve something Phelan as Board President well-heeled 1994. She lost to double board member John Stroger get the message a three-way race that as well included County Clerk Aurelia Pucinski.^[4]

In 1998, she was elected Concoct County Treasurer.

In her greatest year, she tripled the not sufficiently of interest earned by justness Treasurer's office and uncovered fine scam run by her forerunner Edward J. Rosewell. Rosewell persistent as Treasurer after being felonious for his role in topping ghost payroll scheme.^[5] She has been re-elected six times: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 see 2022.

As Treasurer, she was the chief proponent of dignity Cook County Debt Disclosure Move, passed in 2009, which have needs taxing districts to publicly noise their finances, including pension debt.^[6]

She ran for United States Legislature in 2004, losing the Representative nomination to Barack Obama. She explored a run for Politician of Chicago in 2011, on the other hand chose not to run.^[7]

After Rahm Emanuel announced he would cry seek reelection, Pappas considered sufficient for Mayor of Chicago thud 2019,^[8] but ultimately did crowd together run.

Since 2020, Pappas has hosted a live radio announcement on WVON, Black Houses Matter, to encourage taxpayers to say overpaid property taxes. In 2023 it was expanded to WRLL.^[9]

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