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Joe Santiago, a Belvidere small business owner, pointed more toward the high taxes in Illinois, the influence of unions, and the lack of overall business competitiveness in the state, though he added that Stellantis' moves over the last year have been "haphazard, to say the least...I hear more people who want to move out of state than I see people wanting to come to Illinois to work, which is unfortunate."
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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.
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
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“government regulations and societal pressure” have led to the push for electrification. Wonder if this union supported Biden and Pritzker. Everyone thought the rot would move out from the core known as Chicago, now you see the rot starting around the edges.
Now is there chance to make a move out of state and not look back. This is a blessing in disguise. Future generations will thank them big time.
Again, mixed emotions on this: My Plymouth Neon, the biggest lemon I’ve ever owned, was half-assedly built by the “dedicated” workers at the Belvedire plant. That said, it stinks to lose a job now and I wish those who are laid off good luck, but Jeep Cherokee sales have been falling for a while now (check US Sales by Year here: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/jeep-cherokee-sales-figures/) and it’s not worth it to keep a factory going to build a vehicle whose sales have fallen to less than a quarter of it’s 2018 sales numbers. At least in this story it was pointed out high… Read more »
Again, as I stated in my last comment related to this issue. Did ABC news come out to the community? It seems to me they copy and paste the tribune article. Most of it dealt with the angry union president. If I were these workers it’s a gift to leave a oppressive state and move to a worker friendly state. The best comment was from Mr. Santiago taxes are to high, Il. is not friendly to small business, and the unions throttle growth. Leaders in this community are moving forward not backward. This has been in the works for quite… Read more »