Q: Harry L Crisp, II

Q ) Property sale / Harry L Crisp, II and Rosemary Crisp from Glenn Tripp and Iragene Tripp  Documents 


( property never reassessed after a sale )

  1. In July of 1995, Harry L. Crisp, II and Rosemary Crisp purchased two lots at the Lake of Egypt from Glenn and Iragene Tripp. These two lots are adjacent to properties owned by the Crisps in the Lake of Egypt subdivision, just south of Marion, Illinois.

  2. P-TAX records confirm that the total purchase price for these vacant lots was $ 130,000.00. ( see documents referred to as Exhibit Q )

  3. In an inexcusable departure from the normal and expected assessment requirements, the Williamson County Tax Assessor did not reassess these two lakefront lots to reflect the purchase price for the following tax year.

  4. In fact the Williamson County Tax Assessor has never reassessed these two lakefront lots to reflect their actual purchase price in the eighteen years since the Crisps paid $ 130,000.00 in 1995.

  5. Records show a combined total fair cash value assessment of only $ 58,000.00 for the 1994/1995 tax year.

  6. By the 2003/2004 tax bill,( eight years later ) the combined total fair cash value for these lots had only crept up to $ 86,757.00.

  7. By the 2012/2013 tax bill, ( eighteen years after the sale ) the combined total fair cash value was only at $ 105,000.00. ( still $ 25,000.00 under the 1995 purchase price. )

  1. The rough estimate for tax monies defrauded the county taxpayers for this transaction is approximately $ 29,000.00. 

( View Exhibit Q Document )

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