Homeowners and suburban taxpayers are navigating a tough pocketbook crunch this fall. Fresh numbers place Cook County at the very top of the country for residential foreclosures, trapping equity-rich but cash-poor owners in legal limbo. Right next door, school parents in Crestwood are sounding the alarm over outsourced janitorial crews causing classroom sanitation issues, while Will County wrestles over whether to greenlight a contentious 617 million dollar river bridge project.