It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
If the IL pols lowered PTs, they’d certainly get that lost revenue back in some other ways from the abused IL taxpayers. The pols aren’t giving up their cushy and high-paying jobs, pensions, and health care benefits nor those of most of their fellow State of IL workers. Corruption is way too entrenched in IL.
Property taxes were #1 reason we left. $10K for our house in DuPage vs $1650 for a larger house on more land in SC. And, our property taxes have gone DOWN the last three years due to the influx of so many new residents. Down $25/year, but when did IL property taxes ever go down? Beyond that, what did we get for $10K a year? Poor roads, crime, expensive schools with little return, high government pension debt, etc. For $1650 a year, we’re lacking nothing in SC, very responsive state and local government.