National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Wirepoints
April 18, 2024
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Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
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Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
April 18, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Illinois education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
Wilmette protects government speech…but not free speech. – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer
April 17, 2024
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
No plan is offered because none is conceivable that would fulfill his promises. It’s that simple. And what has Edgar himself offered? Platitudes. He’s forever appearing in the media with gems like “we need strong leadership” and “we’ll just have to pay the pensions.”…Meanwhile, Edgar is merrily collecting the $4.6 million in pension benefits he can expect over his lifetime since retiring at age 55. No solutions will come from these two stooges. In fact the public sector employees are ALL going to turn on BOTH when the rubber meets the road-when the pensions fail, and the public sector employee… Read more »
Political Russian Roulette, the norm we have grown old embracing here abeam the J-Trap. If it comes from Cook County, makes sounds like a toilet and smells like Stickney, it MUST need an enema!
I’d always thought Edgar’s “Aw shucks I’m just a dumb farmboy with my head up a cow’s ass, yuk yuk” shtick was just an act. Now I’m realizing he really is stupid
Edgar has been always will be a liberal laugh when I have a good only cares about himself lousy job is governor always it was increased pensions and destroy the state of Illinois if people vote Democrat can’t see what’s going on there’s something wrong with our society and intelligence of people 50 years of democratic rule look what Illiniois has bankruptcyAs for Edgar let him pay the pensionsThey’ll love to spend some else’s money not their own
Here’s a request for a WP rebuttal: What would Edgar’s budgets have looked like if, instead of doing his pension ramp, he was required to make straight line payments based on the new re-amortization plan? In other words, how much extra revenue would Edgar have needed during his administration to make full pension payments? From there, you can backdoor estimate how much money Edgar essentially borrowed from Rauner’s administration to “balance” his budgets.