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The cost of constructing the Enjoy Illinois float, the performers on board and the entry fee cost taxpayers $560,000. The theme spotlighted the state’s music history along Route 66 and was called “Illinois: The Middle of Beats and Blues,” a nod to the state’s tourism campaign, “Middle of Everything.” The float did not grab any of the 24 float trophies awarded this year.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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How can you have an Illinois float without a U-Haul trailer?
P.S. Too many taxpayers DID NOT ENJOY ILLINOIS. Had something to do with high taxes, corruption, and high crime. That’s why they packed up and left.
What a waste of money. This is not even an attractive float–design is too busy and ugly. No tourism dollars were brought in by this wreck. Illinois should discontinue their participation in the Rose Parade. Add this to the mountain of stupid ways Illinois wastes taxpayer dollars.
I thought they won “Most Likely to Deceive” award. Maybe the home state of the parade took that prize.