Illinois Republicans can’t decry the redistricting process and then vote to cement union power in the state constitution. Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joins Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer to discuss.
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April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked 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.
McCombie is the bad apple who voted “Yes”.
Can we do a correction from the show. Dan Proft stated that Mazzochi voted Present on the workers rights amendment but the tally clearly shows an “N”. Am I wrong?
Most people don’t realize that as the public unions have gotten more entrenched, in many districts the Republican office holders have a hard time standing up to them. In many suburbs and small towns the teachers unions can’t be ignored. Getting a prison in your district sounds like a great way to create jobs, but that means bringing in a lot of union employees and influence. Running I-355 through DuPage county sounded like a good idea at the time, but now you have thousands of union votes in DuPage from all the unionized Toll Way employees. The unintended consequence is… Read more »
Illinois politicians will always go out of their way to diappoint Illinois taxpayers.
They’re all hypocrites! Only after the money and what benefits them personally never about their constituents and people of Illinois.
Unfortunately it was and never will be about us until someday hopefully we take are heads out of are you know what and stick up for ourselves
Not exactly the same, but meanwhile our thriving/ zero debt neighbor to east– Indiana is going the complete opposite direction. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/554295-indiana-protects-first-amendment-rights-of-public-employees-other-states