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.
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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.
Very shrewd. Higher wages equal higher taxes on wages equals more money into JB’s piggy bank.
The prevailing wage is why our infrastructure is crumbling, our suburban schools are 70 years old and can’t be repaired without 9 figure bond issues and tax increases, and your roads are full of potholes. The prevailing wage makes it too expensive to upgrade or do routine maintenance. Before long, most of Illinois will become East St. Louis or Ford Heights.
We had a project bid for some remodeling, the prevailing wage bid was $93,000. We found a local contractor who did the job at standard rate for construction. The cost? $36,000