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.
Maria, when oh will CC ever forget about me completely?
Yet we hear how the infrastructure is crumbling, folks have to have bottled water, there is no money for police or firefighters, etc. I wouldn’t toot my horn too loud if I were Pappas.
But Cook County can’t get the tax bills out on time. Wouldn’t want those bills coming out before an election.
afaik Pappas isn’t a Commissioner, but is Cook County Treasurer (The article site is currently inaccessible, at least for me.)