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"The new mayor is supposed to manage Chicago for all the citizens, not to benefit public employees. Chicago is not in good shape. In 37 of its schools, not one student is proficient in reading or math. Its transit system is stuck with schedules that serve no one at great expense. The crime rate in Chicago is among the highest in the country. But no recent Chicago mayor has been able to fix these and other endemic problems because the public unions have collective bargaining powers that give them a veto on how the city is run." (With links to Wirepoints' data and analysis)
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Summary and audio linked here.
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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Public Sector Unions are Unconstitutional. The CTU victory and others are finally awakening the American Public to this fraud and will lead to the busting and elimination of all Public Sector Unions. It will be a new dawn of freedom in America.
The key issue across the country, especially IL and Chicago. Politicians have little incentive to push back against public union wage, pension, and medical demands.
Sick…and a real clear and present danger.
Until taxpayers start voting with their feet which has now been happening for the past 10 years in Chicago/Illinois.
I read 91 out of 102 Illinois counties lost population last year.
Spot on.