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.
BJ The Race Clown says death of police officer and death of armed gang banger are the same thing
1.) I cant imagine CTU or SEIU allowing nonprofits to operate CPS schools after hour and/or on weekends without getting thier $cut$? 2.) Will Brandon push to put CPD officers doing office work, monitoring tech, etc jobs back on beat (I believe +600 officers) and replace with non sworn officer personnel? As Chicago is stand alone nationally in # of officers performing administrative duties.
Chicago’s a mess. Lot more likely it’ll get worse than it is that things will improve.
If Brandon announced that the sun was going to rise in the East again tomorrow morning, I’d wonder what had happened such that the Earth was going to reverse it’s rotation, and move my morning shades to the West side of the house.