Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Spencer Pratt in Los Angeles Mayoral Race Offers Chicago a Blueprint
June 4, 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.
Here’s two revenue ideas: 1) Any TIF funds provided for real estate purposes shall create an equity interest in the property developed equal to the TIF funds share of the final cost of creating the property asset; any rents collected from such properties, shall be split equitably among the investors, including the tax payers; and, 2) any tax credits granted to the property shall be amortized over the useful life of the property and shall be reimbursed to the City starting with the third year following the “move-in” of the first tenant by the investors.