Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Past due real estate problems is the problem 100%. There are no mechanisms in the law to settle, negotiate, dispute or reduce back taxes on real estate. The taxes are a lien on properties that basically forever prevent the transfer or rehabilitation of the land. The land banks are just public funds used to pay back taxes to put properties back on tax rolls and they are not only selective about what properties they purchase, but they are utterly corrupt, as we can see from the wirepoints link on this page. Many bad neighborhoods could be fixed by investment if… Read more »