Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Then Herself rattles more exponential nonsense to cover Carter. Can’t have the ceremony due to Covid protocols. One of Toni’s quick thinking slugs announces there aren’t any Covid rules! It’s a morgue! Toni must be laughing!
People who read this story dont understand how Carter and many other “command staff” of the PD got to be in the positions they are in. Many, including Carter, never passed a promotional exam, not once, but were promoted thru the “merit system” which means those who had political clout were promoted because of who they knew not what they knew. Never passed an exam, some never took the tests and were handed promotions to detective, sergeant, lieutenant and eventually given a command position because of political connections. The upper echelon of the CPD is rife with these individuals and… Read more »
Agreed, Carter wears a chest full of ribbons because he thinks it gives him legitimacy, it makes him look like a clown. The real police don’t need to show everyone how great they are, their reputations speak for themselves. Cater did not earn respect, so he thinks he can fool someone into it. I cannot name one member of the current command staff that is respected or was the real police. Mostly connected and house mice. And keep an eye out for their wives and girlfriends, amazing how quickly they move up the chain and find their way into cushy… Read more »
Disrespectful, Despicable, Eric Carter!
Eric Carter is a complete D-Bag for doing this. He should be fired.