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.
At what point do the centrist, educated liberal Democrats in this city step into the light? CPS is a failure. By every measure, it fails the children and parents of this city. That it is allowed to persist in this state is completely mind-boggling.
Even further, that CTU leadership is able to continue, suggests the rank and file is either too stupid to understand her evil or in on it. (Likely there are a few who get it, but are powerless to effect change because of the two points above.)
Yup, Marks right WP & IPI are regularly quoted in national press but never is are local new:
The 45 days (currently 43 CTU asking for two more) jumped out at me. Many of the days off I would not include in the total. Winter/ Spring Breaks and Holidays for a total 18. So down to 25 (current).
Vacation – 10
Personal – 3
Sick – 12
Why are there 10 vacation days? Aren’t summer and winter/spring breaks. vacations?
12 sicks days is excessive. In all my years of work 5-6 has been the norm (that is for 12 months of work).
Heck the combined personal/sick should be 6,
So working 8 months is too much, they need to get it down to only 1/2 the year with 2x the pay?