The mountain of settlements, judgments, reparations and legal fees has already cost Chicago and Cook County taxpayers nearly $140 million. And it’s still growing.

Comment: Our views on gifting public assets to pensions are in our recent article linked here. If the Tollway is given to the pensions, our suggestion to them would be to widen the outbound lanes.

Comment: Remember that this is just about cash flow for the current fiscal year ending June 30. Actual losses, including increased debt and growing unfunded pension liabilities, will be in the billions again.

A republication of our Wirepoints article.

Comment: Buffett’s remarks on CNBC, that apply to Illinois in particular, were widely reported in the national press but entirely ignored by the regular Illinois press. Why?

Comment: This puts us at fifth worst, based on Tax Foundation data from 2016, which is before the new income tax increase went into effect.

In an interview with the Daily Herald editorial board, he said Illinoisans should get details of how much they might pay under the proposed new tax system soon.

A group of 45 mostly Democratic lawmakers is sponsoring legislation to move Illinois to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, and make the state’s power sector carbon-free by 2030. These are only some of the objectives in an almost 400-page amendment added Thursday morning.

Other goals include replacing the equivalent of 1 million gas- and diesel-powered vehicles with electric vehicles and mass transit; building more than 40 million solar panels and 2,500 wind turbines by 2030; starting training programs for workers in the clean energy field; and helping those in Illinois’ coal industry weather the transition to more

“Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon says Radicals Positioning To Destroy Illinois If Its Fiscal Crisis Doesn’t.”