Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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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.
All kinds of First Amendment concerns here. Assault is one thing (fear of one’s life or security) but writing tickets for being insulting or shouting “coarse language” will not stand up to Constitutional scrutiny. And maybe one day downtown Chicago will be the quiet, leafy Kenilworth street that the alderman prefers. He legislates and rules like a suburban mayor, rather than the alderman of a vibrant hospitality and business district. I understand his desire to respond to every single complaint of his constituents, but at some point you have to start telling people that you live in a 24/7 big… Read more »
Gee, I’m sure that won’t be enforced disproportionately.