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.
Well, ya know…Its all about the kids. This is ridiculous.
Is Ralph Martire consulting with their boards?
That should send some of the residents packing.
The game all the suburban school districts play is to first propose a wildly inflated renovation cost, then the tax referendum loses, then they come back with a lower referendum number that’s still ridiculous, and then they scream and berate the taxpayers that “IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN!!!” When they propose the lower but still ridiculous amount, they present themselves at the board meetings and in the press as if they are magnanimous and fiscally responsible public servants. Never fall for it. They’re all radical zealots looking to indoctrinate your children and pad their bank accounts at the same time. That’s… Read more »
45 million for 311 S. Wacker Dr. Let that sink in for a bit.
That building sold for $302 million in 2014.
Imagine what it will sell for 10 years from now, because downtown is not going to be better in 10 years, it will be much much worse.
I spent a lot of time in that building as I had clients on the floors in the tower on top. It’s a beautiful building. When a trophy building loses 85% of its value in only 10 years, that’s a huge problem.
Remember that real estate is “location, location, location”.
It appears that downtown Chicago is not the “location”.