Should Recorder of Deeds be Combined with Clerk’s Office?

WTTW, Chicago Tonight

This segment examines a binding Cook County referendum on the November ballot that would merge the offices of County’s Clerk and Recorder of Deeds. During the segment Civic Federation President Laurence Msall discusses with host Phil Ponce the efficiencies and cost savings that a merger would create and notes that it would help spur modernization of Cook County government.