Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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Audio and summary linked here.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Elaborate Pokerino. I wonder about Evanston. It’s like they’re trying to win the race to the looney bin with Oak Park.
What the hell is in the drinking water in Evanston??
One vote for each registered Evanston voter who votes. The proposal is illegal and should stay that way.
I assume those who initiated the discussion want to avoid the cost of the run-off election. Then they came-up with presumptive ideas about how the same set of voters in the primary would vote in a run-off election. They should have called pretending what it is and discarded the ideas.
When reading the article I fell-off the cliff when the Ralph Nader example from 2000 was reported. But, there sure are other places to fall-off.
How is this even remotely legal?
There should be no political party affiliation when voting. Vote for the most qualified and any reference made to a political party while campaigning would immediately disqualify a candidate. That would shake things up.
Completely agree. Why pull separate ballots, make it all one and done, its ridiculous (especially in IL, of course).