Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about the government pensions enshrined in the Illinois Constitution, Illinois property values vs. Illinois property taxes, and NYC’s Zohran Mamdani being similar to Chicago’s own Brandon Johnson.
Read more from Wirepoints:
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- Why Gov. Pritzker Should Veto Chicago Tier 2 Pension Sweeteners
- Illinois’ disastrous demographics: Fewer youth, a drop in working-age residents and a jump in elderly
- End the menace of ‘superspeeders’ on Chicago area expressways
- Gov. Pritzker: 2% support in potential presidential candidate poll
Audio and summary 
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.
Fiscally irresponsible.
Beg Trump to put his Wall St. Pro bono firms to work up the Federal Court challenges. Challenge pensions, property taxes, sanctuary cities – the whole litany. Give them a success fee payable from federal payments to state and local entities in IL. Do it now while Trump has court majority. Perhaps there’s a way yo bypass lower courts (suits between states?) before the rest of the country lines up with NYC. One object would be to force gov’t entities into Chapter 9 and void many claims, e..g. Pensions. Republican US Congress might lend a hand by cutting appropriations. Put… Read more »