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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For the millionth time, City Water Dept crews replacing lead water lines on a T&M basis with no questions asked vrs competitively bid to private contractors has to be one of the greatest fly radar pork barrel projects in city history!! The payday $motherload$ for huge dem machine political contributors the Operating Engineers union.
Per trib (attached) and other articles the lead pipe replacement is an even bigger rip-off to taxpayers as the city is taking out General Obligation bond of $338 mil to match FED $338 mil loan to replace 30,000 lead pipe lines. Or, do the math and that’s $338 mil fed loan +$338 mil city GO bond = $676 mil to replace 30,000 lead pipe lines, or and astounding $22,533 per lead pipe replacement ($338 mil x2/30k=$22,533). And if it’s city water crews performing work vrs competitively bid you can assume that doesn’t include pensions/benefits!!! Then to go further if city… Read more »
Well done, Where’s Mine.