Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
“Preckwinkle did not point to a culprit for the two-month deferral.” Which really means the political hires in this department are not competent enough to get the bills out on time.
Yes competence, not numbers.
Nice to know that Taxwinkle has an extra 300M lying around at her disposal.
Absolutely incredible. Cook County, already gouging its residents with its outrageous property and sales taxes can’t even get the bills out in the mail. Even bush league governments in rural US and third world countries can do better.
Yes Cook County and Chicago run like fine Swiss timepieces.
A private-sector company with such a percentage of stumblebums as employees wouldn’t be in business long.