Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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Audio and summary linked here.
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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
Ha ha it’s gonna take Chicago and Springfield 40 years to get the lead out of there asses and get something done
True or false: 1) the main problem is with lead SERVICE pipes rather than mains? 2) the house or building owner has legal responsibility to maintain and/or replace service pipes? Landlords, it seems, are responsible if tenants are injured by lead paint and probably by lead pipe. Understandably, replacement is very costly and many owners can’t “afford” it. BUT is that any reason the city should pay for it? (Especially pay 3X the going rate?) Why not have the city loan money to owners and take a lien on the real estate. Perhaps add loan payments to the tax bill… Read more »
No money to fix the lead pipe issue, we got illegal aliens to take care of.
That should be a nice cushy union featherbed.
This explains many of the problems in Chicago from mental illnesses to behavioral issues such as crime and simply not being able to distinguish right from wrong. Lead poisoning from decades of exposure.
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/leadtoxicity/physiological_effects.html
Will end up costing 3 time that. Always does, never let a cash cow go by without milking it.