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State Rep. Daniel Swanson said he is not sure the state’s electrical infrastructure is ready for all these proposed charging stations. “The cost is going to be much deeper and much more involved with the infrastructure of the electricity coming into that residential area."
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Audio and summary
Soon there will be no new construction in Illinois. Only fools will build in a state that is in a downward spiral.
” [I]t can be up to six times more expensive to retrofit a parking space for electric vehicle charging than it is to install the necessary infrastructure at the time of construction.”That sort of makes sense, and implies that builders would voluntarily install the conduits, as a selling point. But then JB, Robyn and the others couldn’t take credit for it, and building inspectors would lose a potential source of gratuities.
More unfunded mandates in other words…a new tax upon you
IL Dems are trying to mandate EVs that no one wants and no one can afford
Hmmm…
Where have I heard this before…?
OHHH yeah…
Vaccines…
Just don’t send him a main course portion size bill!
They hate you.
Hey I have a idea how about Pritzker rides a exercise bike to generate electricity.
Strap him onto one and never let him off!