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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

Pilsen Cinco de Mayo celebration doubles as protest against increased property taxes

The Benito Juarez High School Folkloric Dance group performs Saturday at a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Pilsen’s Dvorak Park. (Violet Miller/Sun-Times)

Nearly a hundred people gathered Saturday in Pilsen’s Dvorak Park to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and protest an increase in property taxes that hit the community last year, causing longtime residents to fear they will be driven out.

Gentrifying Latino communities saw huge property tax increases, with some some tax bills going up more than three times that of the previous year.

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