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.
I was willing to give Lightfoot the benefit of the doubt but this nonsense is pretty bad. The guy can’t find a job anywhere in the private sector? Goes to show you how worthless these alderman really are.
When you live, breathe, eat, and sleep nothing but the machine, you know nothing else.
That alderman Arena has a bad rep as an arrogant POS too. Local community orgs documented his facebook fights and trolling his opponent after he lost the election. Of note, the new alderman is basically a closet republican – even though he doesn’t identify as one – which is pretty crazy in Chicago. He’s not going to be Chicago GOP guy but, while I can’t say for certain how he voted at the ballot box, my guess is probably for Trump. The southeast side of Arena’s former district is totally ‘woke’ (independence park) and may as well be an evanston… Read more »