A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
Many of us, who were aware of the Mayor’s reputation prior to her election, tried to warn voters about her history as overreaching federal prosecutor and her Napoleon complex. As a corporate lawyer, she treated her associate attorneys terribly and was known to be very thin skinned and lashed out when challenged. For all her lashing out at the President, she is a lot like him, except that she is exhibiting more and more Fascist tendencies. Though I’m glad to see some Chicago journalists reporting on her behavior and anti-democratic impulses, I hope that more and more will challenge her… Read more »
On the other hand, the aldermen are mostly corrupt loonbags. They’re mostly all dumber than a box of rocks. There’s even a couple of avowed communists (well, they are ‘democratic socialists’ which doesn’t really disguise their communism) in city council too. if I had to choose better the lesser of two evils, I’d choose Lori, which isn’t saying much.