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.
What a pipedream. They’d be better off flushing a billion down one of JB’s toilets.
That area reeks of diesel and all that toxic particulate soot has to go somewhere.
Who in their right mind would want to live right above that?
The first time I was in Union Station and on the platforms, I thought I’d entered a greasy rat hole!
Lori should be looking to reimagine Calumet Harbor for cruise ships. Offering Bateaux like dinner cruises down the CalSag.
Metra ridership is gone for good and is on federal life support — why spend a nickel on Union Station
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/metra-ridership-remains-below-pre-pandemic-levels-as-expenses-grow/article_413048ea-f8a1-11ec-950d-63c8ded9aa76.html
Big projects are the perfect environment for stealing and blatant fiscal shenanigans. Look at TARP as an example. Let’s dig a big holes everywhere. We can conjure up a purpose later!