Given where Chicago is right now this new stadium proposal is a bad idea and a bad deal – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
April 26, 2024
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Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
A question about school choice. If a community has 4 schools, and parents have a choice, what happens if everybody chooses the same school ?Who decides who gets in and what do they use as a factor in deciding?
and the main stream press–trib, st, wttw, junk tv news reports on non of it.
Illinois has been on a course of self destruction for more than 50 years. I finally escaped in Dec. 2016 and thank God I will NEVER live in Illinois again. The state of Illinois is bankrupt and on its death bed. I advise all who can to get out as quickly as you can. As the annual exodus increases, the value of your homes will drop and you won’t have the money to leave.
Yes, Illinois is the next Puerto Rico.
An addict (alcoholic, drug addict, gambler, compulsive shopper or spendthrift) will keep going until someone or something intervenes. Death is too often the first and last intervention .Like a rational family member, I have a duty to save myself and others from destruction.