Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Mayor Johnson’s soft approach to crime during Memorial Day weekend, how violent crime is radiating out toward the suburbs, why Pritzker is bragging about a “balanced budget” when pensions are underfunded by $4 billion, why the Invest in Kids Act didn’t make it onto the budget, and more.
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- Chicago’s pursuit of ‘criminal justice reform’ an utter failure: Windy City homicides top nation for 11th year in a row with crime still rising.
- Walmart’s flight from Chicago: ‘Corporate racism?’ Or crime, taxes and dysfunction?
- The CTA ran near-empty trains and buses during the pandemic – and it’s still struggling to fill them. Now it wants higher taxes on Chicagoans to pay for that mismanagement.
- Illinois has been bleeding its wealthiest residents for years. Now it’s Ken Griffin’s turn to leave.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Chicago Public Schools is failing its students in almost every way. What can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
Apologize? I’ll buy the guy a beer.
Shameful education system makes crime the only occupation available for many.
Question on the bs transgender/no gender public washroom bill—Does this mean all public washrooms will have to be remodeled, apply for remodel permits, etc to bring them up to gender code compliance? Creating giant $expense$ for already struggling businesses, especially mom & pop restaurants, etc….Or, probably non of the gaurenteeted class in Springfield care?
But it’s such a diversified and culturally vibrant area. Disregard the chalk outlines because they were drawn by youngsters with nothing else to do.
DanP claim that much of IL electorate is braindead and isn’t interested in key public policy issues because they keep voting for people who are making those issues worse, e.g. unfunded out of control pensions. I strongly disagree – just the opposite. What you are seeing is that the folks who are tired of it all are leaving, because the situation is frankly hopeless in Chicago and IL. Most of those staying, like it this way and agree with it all -particularly the public union types. A fair number believe they can just afford to pay more (even though they… Read more »
Those kids need a grift at the CPS-CTU-Democratic Party nexus like BJ….