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.
If these numbers aren’t inflation adjusted, they’re meaningless.
LOL! Where is the Ministry of Truth!
The EAV of Woodstock Illinois still remains more than15% below pre-crash peak.
This can be attributed to property tax rate capitalization: Woodstock D200 school district, the municipality, and McHenry County maintain spending which keeps Woodstock property tax rates between 3.5%-4.8% of full fair market value.
Here’s an old article from Rockford about how TIF’s have negative value due to property values depreciating for years now.
https://therockfordblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/those-troublesome-tifs/