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The top-level Pritzker appointees whose names appeared on the long list of Madigan favorites include three directors of Illinois government departments, the state’s superintendent of education, the heads of the workers compensation and human rights commissions and two aides in the governor’s office.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Ron Rascia , general counsel at the Workers comp commission protected frank capuzi who took campaign contributions for years from arbitrators, lawyers, etc. capuzi was fired eventually for racist emails but Rascia remains firmly in place protected by madigan. Maybe it’s time Rascia and IWCC chairman Brennan get exposed for what they are. This also shows RINO us attorney Lausch is a gutless coward who only indicted Burke to get his bff Lori elected by taking out Daley, Mendoza and Preckwinkle. What about the investigation of Madigan? Lausch is another deep state RINO. And the IWCC has been hiring Chicago… Read more »
Vote republican
He is Madigan’s puppet! Both are draining the taxpayers and bankrupting the State while lining their pockets.
Typical swamp of Illinois
There is no surprise here. Prtizker is Mike Madigan’s ventriquilist dummy. Picture wooden headed Pritzker sitting on Madigan’s lap with Madigan’s arm up Pritzkers ample behind and Madigan’s hand making the mouth move. Prtizker is rich but that’ didn’t buy him brains. All policy decisions flow through Madigan.
in many ways Prtizker is a more malleable politician for Madigan that even little Lisa Madigan was.
Why are we surprised? This guy was on a FBI recorded line horsetrading with Blago. He is as corrupt as they come.
When you’re an inherited billionaire, you don’t need to have shame, or humility, or even self-control when it comes to food. All you need to do is virtue signal and make shady deals. and lie. because you answer to no one. Well, no one except mike madigan. Kind of crazy if you think about it.
Wow! I think Pritzker is the boldest liar yet to be Gov. of Illinois. And to think 45% of the voters in Orland voted for this!
Because of abortion.
Yeah, who would of thought the right to infanticide was the most important issue suburban soccer Moms would vote on. Glad I don’t know these people – disgraceful.
It is, the woman’s right to choose infanticide is consistently shown to be the short haired loonbag wine-drunk suburban soccer mom’s most important issue, followed by gun control. Of course, she would never have an abortion herself, but she wants everyone else to have the right to kill their baby in-utero. I call these women baby killers to their face. They don’t like it much. They try to convince me it’s a bunch of cells. I repeat “disgusting baby killer” and they get really really triggered. it’s awesome. “HATE HAS NO HOME HERE BUT BABY MURDERS DO”.
Anyone who has ever had a baby knows that there is no such thing as a “clump of cells.” From that first ultrasound, and the heart beating, that’s a baby. It shocks me that people can abide such cognitive dissonance in favor of what their tribe dictates to them.
The thing that further gets me are all those Catholics who insist that they are pro-choice, yet also insist they are Catholics, and then dutifully trudge off to church every Sunday. If you are pro-choice, you are not Catholic, honey.
When it comes to abortion, there’s a moral side and an immoral side. Being on the side of infanticide is the immoral side. It is wrong. There is no room for disagreement about this.
Will the scandals never end?
No. Imagine what would happen in Chicago if Trump and Barr aren’t around? Oh yeah.
Only 35? Someone must have miscounted.
So what? Patrick Fitzgerald is gone…
Up the real estate tax .To pay for the clout list,all the goodies they will get,Stupid tax payer,get back in your house and pay your tax.Don’t question your state,my money will not pay for this,I left 2 years ago.Got a good price for our property,a good price will not happen today.
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Patrick Fitzgerald is pure scum along with all the other us attorneys.