To David Merriman, a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago who has studied the TIF issue nationally, “there is not much of a conundrum. Once the TIF has provided $625 million it makes sense to dissolve it,” he said.
“As CTA tax district rakes in huge amount of taxpayer money, decision looms over what to do with it”
City of Chicago executives: Hmm … we could increase the bloat or … that’s all we got.
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.
“As CTA tax district rakes in huge amount of taxpayer money, decision looms over what to do with it”
City of Chicago executives: Hmm … we could increase the bloat or … that’s all we got.