State Sen. Ann Gillespie of Arlington Heights will step down from her legislative post to lead the state’s Department of Insurance. Gillespie voted twice last year to boost the pay for state agency directors, including the position she’s now taking. As a result of those votes, pay for the position with the insurance department increased to $189,000, a 13 percent jump.
Vote to raise the salary of a position you want in the corrupt Illinois government and then get appointed to the job with the new higher salary……priceless.
Traumatizing robberies and violent crime continue to go up in Chicago this year, hitting a six-year high compared to the same time last year. It’s crime in neighborhoods perceived as safe, sometimes taking place in broad daylight, that’s driving the increased fear among Chicagoans and suburbanites.
Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Vote to raise the salary of a position you want in the corrupt Illinois government and then get appointed to the job with the new higher salary……priceless.
Fox, meet the henhouse.