A jury in Crossville, Ky., convicted local tax assessor Byron “Low Tax” Looper of murdering his political rival in 1998, apparently to eliminate the popular favorite in their Kentucky Senate race.

A month ago, the race to succeed Sylvia Romo as Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector appeared more like a casual stroll to political observers ... billboard-and-yard-sign advertising.

Now he is running for county assessor ... The son is also a tax appeals attorney and an elected trustee in the Village of Norridge who runs a political consulting firm that has done work for ...

Ward is trying to hire tax attorney and city Assessment Appeals Board member Ron Chun, deputy assessor John Scott ... regarding her association with political consultant Claude Everhart, to ...