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"Just this year, the Board of Review commissioners cut commercial and industrial assessments in Chicago by more than $3.7 billion, while residential values were cut by only one-tenth that amount. Commercial property taxes dropped by more than 4 percent as a result, while homeowners saw their bills jump more than 16 [ercent, meaning the average family is paying $700 more than they should, with many families paying even more."
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
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.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Audio and summary
Cook county needs to cut wasteful spending and political hires. Look at the fiasco of the computer system they bought for property tax bills. And why are suburban Cook county residents paying for Chicago residents to receive minimum income? Maybe make Cook county public schools actually educate students so that they can get a job. Maybe restrict the amount of welfare babies that taxpayers have to support.