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West Side resident Dorothy Rosenthal, who is balancing higher property taxes with flood repairs, is frustrated by the situation. “My building is falling in, and you’re telling me I have to pay 133 percent more,” she said. “My mortgage note was $725 a month. My mortgage now is almost $1,200 a month. That’s a $500 increase, and I have not fully recovered from the flooding.”
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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.
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Hey Dorothy, thank your blue politicians that keep raising taxes to blow it all on unicorn rainbow colored pipe dreams.