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.
I like the sound next mayor . To me it sounds like Johnson is gone.
I bet you had similar thoughts when Lightfoot was leaving, too. Let’s make a pact to never again say “it can’t get any worse.”
Deputy mayors. Deputy governor. Deputies to the assistant animal control commissioner. IL is awash in deputies, more numerous than but none as effective as Barney Fife.
Because it’s only taxpayer money, there are no restrictions on the number of highly-paid deputies and assistants Chicago can create; some with dubious responsibilities. And once they create these positions, good luck in trying to eliminate them.