Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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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.
City tree trimming & sidewalk replacement could easally contracted out. But instead, last time i saw the city tree trimmer crew on my block was on a Saturday with one truckdriver staring at his phone in the truck, one supervisor staring at his phone on the ground, and yes one guy on the cherrypicker who trimmed a couple branches and then they were gone. Similarly, seen the city sidewalk replacement crew out on a holliday to demo 25 sf of sidwalk. A complete joke of inefficiency and rediculous union rules and complete waste of tax $. Its never asked how… Read more »