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.
Turn the McCormick Center into “migrant housing.”
So the two score or so gang/drug/thug shootings, half dozen murders, teenage carjackings and train robbery-n-assaults we read about having occurred in Chicago pretty much every weekend are a “perception of crime-ridden.” As in, “People read stuff and think Chicago’s not safe, but it really is.” Right, you bet…. And, let’s see, go to Vegas and pick from a half-dozen or so shows from entertainers whose name you recognize, while staying in hotels that actually have restaurants that are open and gaming in the lobby, or go to Chicago and Uber all over at big $’s to admire the skyline… Read more »
Many conventioneers will not come to the Chitty of Chicago for safety reasons. Cops do nothing to protect, so it is best not to go where it is dangerous.