Ted Dabrowski joined Jeanne Ives of Breakthrough Ideas to talk about crime, Governor Pritzker’s five phases of restoring Illinois, the financial disaster that is Illinois’ fiscal policy, how much residents will have to pay to repay the federal government’s loans, and how Illinois’ education system is failing.
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- Illinois economy, jobs suffer under potential presidential candidate J.B. Pritzker
- Gov. Pritzker is still proclaiming Illinois a Covid “disaster area.” How does he do it with a straight face?
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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.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
Jeanne still trying to be relevant.
Just like Russia, their is only one thing ILL politicians pay attention to–money and power. They will never release voluntarily.
Two options: (1) continue out migration to bring the entire situation to a head which forces national politicians to come in and clean up the mess or (2) non public union taxpayers fund a massive political action committee, at a scale x times public unions, and hire someone like Rahm Emanuel, at a salary of like $500MM per year, to run it like a Bulldog.
I already decided on option 1. No regrets.
Ted and Jeanne, I read about the delinquent properties, especially in the city and County of Cook. They got into all this apologist stuff about red lining and racist lending policies, white flight and black flight. Im more interested in revitalizing the city and the county and seeing as we’ve got a housing crunch, these empty lots and building seem like a jobs and housing program opportunity to give residents a stake In the community. Of course it starts with public safety, I think it’s more racist to let so many poor minority people live and die on the street.… Read more »