Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the eye-popping cost of so-called “affordable housing” developments in Chicago, the welcome but belated decline in violent crime in the city, and more.

Read more from Wirepoints:
- What’s behind Chicago’s welcome, but belated, drop in crime
- About that drop in homicides. Chicago’s rate hasn’t declined like NYC and LA’s
- 2024 homicide rankings: Chicago, St. Louis lead nation yet again
- Adults murdering kids. Kids murdering kids. “Random” bullets killing kids. Nearly 100 dead youth in Chicago in 2024
- Open borders + sanctuary status + free benefits + Gov. Abbott = Chicago population growth
- They’ve destroyed jobs and opportunity for black Chicagoans
Audio and summary
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Years ago the FBI stopped accepting Chicago’s crime figures because of the way they were calculated. FBI may be accepting them now, but you have to question how they’re classified. For example homicides classified as suicide, accident, over dose, or undetermined.
Burglaries recorded as thefts. You can can’t trust Chicago crime figures.
Hmm, could I be in need of housing assistance?
We are lucky it did not cost $1 million.
You have to wonder how much of this $800G makes it back to Chicago politicians in the form of cash stuffed envelopes?
Spread th wealth to all your donors. Politician payback
It’s not primarily about affordable, it’s primarily about circulating dollars to favored , connected, people. The Chicago way in action. That’s all.