Gov. Pritzker’s ‘ethics reform’ eliminates competitive elections and choice for voters – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer

Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about a new law passed by the Democratic supermajority and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that results in brazen election interference, keeping Republicans off ballots; about a referendum that tests the waters for a renewed progressive income tax hike; about how the Parental Notification referendum question was knocked off the ballot; and why laws like that pass so easily – there’s no opposition party to push back. We also discussed the possibility of a new sales tax on services to pay for CTA’s upcoming “fiscal cliff” and about the new gambit by Illinois unions to push for Tier 2 benefit sweeteners.

 

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Fed up neighbor
1 year ago

Why hasn’t a lawsuit been filed to stop this, hello Springfield Republicans, damn I forgot it’s like voicemail please leave a detailed message and we will return your call as soon as possible. I absolutely have no use for Pritzker he will fail eventually.

Last edited 1 year ago by Fed up neighbor
pam
1 year ago

disgusting

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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades

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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