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“This process waived a number of crucial checkpoints when creating a new taxing district, including the signature requirement to prove a base-level of support among those being taxed, and a 90-day public comment period,” said 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Reilly is a campaign contribution hustler who spends too much time at the boss bar instead of taking care of his constituents. He wants to be mayor and must be stopped.
Tax and spend all you want. I am never coming back to the Mag Mile. It is just too dangerous with unprovoked attacks, carjackings, and group muggings. I have safer places where I can shop safley, have a meal safely and walk on the sidewalk without the ever present threat of bodily harm. The risk is not justified by the ever decreasing rewards.