Last year, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch convened working groups on property taxes and pensions. Not much actually changed. Welch’s most recent iteration is a new “culture and accountability” working group. And the wheels are already falling off. Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Welch should go!
The illustration sums up the feelings most people have of IL politicians in general. Their snouts are in the air as accusations and evidence of financial and sexual misconduct surface, and they only bring them down to feed at the trough of taxpayers money. Ammons, Ervins, Harmon etc. , all implicated in behavior that would have the people paying them in jail if they were in the same situation.
Welch is a typical old boy politician who looks out for everyone but the citizens he represents
He did get a renovation to his old high school to the tune of 4M taxpayers dollars, so..
You are missing a zero. It was a measly $40 million