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.
Follow the money.
This may be a good idea.
First, all elected county officials should be required to participate 24/7 and 365 days a year (excepting February 29th in leap years) in their little bicycle program.
Second… Well I can’t seem to think of a 2nd, so let’s just go with the first.
If any of you are wondering why I am being so generous, just write it off to Christmas Spirit of the week gone past.
I can’t find the story now but a few years back the city thought it was inequitable that most divvy stations were in richer and whiter neighborhoods, so they demanded they expand into poorer areas. Which they did. And then these genius urban planners were shocked I tell you, shocked to review the data a year or so later only to discover that the bikes were barely used and there was a lot of vandalism and thefts. So these bureaucrats blamed the lack of interest on everything under the sun: residents of poor neighborhoods don’t have access to credit or… Read more »