Word: assessor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Former County Assessor George Clark, Binaggio's political ally, had carried on a tax-fixing racket, said the grand jury, which described it as "the most sordid and vicious situation existing in Jackson County." Tens of thousands of dollars were extorted by threatening to jack up the taxes of legitimate businessmen, or jacking them up and offering to lower them for a fee. "One arrogant racketeer, feeling that a prominent businessman had not been polite to him, had the businessman's real-estate assessment tripled." When the businessman apologized and let the racketeer open a charge account...