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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot’s investigation into corruption in Dalton, IL, why so many communities in Illinois are struggling with legalized corruption, why Illinois has the nation’s highest property taxes, the factories closing across the state, and more.
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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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I hope she got a retainer up front – it appears Dolton is very Broke as in $7 million unaccounted for .
This is a slow moving train wreck – very sad
I heard this on the radio. I’ve never been to Galesburg, had no idea it was a dump. but it doesn’t surprise me
There’s a Galesburg in Michigan too. You’ll drive right by it on the way to Detroit.
Poor Abe. He wouldn’t recognize Illinois today. The right thing to do would be to come up with a new state motto that reflects reality and no longer besmirches his last name.