Given where Chicago is right now this new stadium proposal is a bad idea and a bad deal – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
April 26, 2024
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Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
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would be nice if in addition to lawmakers we had lawremovers
And lawmaker removers.
How populated would be the halls of government if every election also had, on the ballot, None of the above?
It’s really nice to know that banks cannot legally base hiring decisions on a candidate’s felony theft conviction, or that nursing homes cannot legally base hiring decisions on a candidate’s felony theft, assault, robbery, or (presumably) rape conviction. And I can’t wait to see the circus of 30 year old “rape” allegations go through courts. The mere accusation is conviction in this era of idiocy. We used to at least accept that he-said/she-said contests shouldn’t put a man’s head in a noose. How do you have criminal trials when the most basic question of “did a crime occur?” hinges on… Read more »
We should all get down on our needs and bow in the direction of Springfield, to honor as those that lead us out from the wilderness