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Governor JB Pritzker’s 70-page federal wish list would cost trillions of dollars, but not a word is provided on that or how it would be paid. Summary and audio linked here.
Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Audio and summary linked here.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Home appreciation or home inflation? This housing “shortage” is created in part by people fleeing lax crime enforcement and bad schools and moving to other perceived “better” areas – creating a demand that is driving property values artificially high. There seems to be plenty of housing. According to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency, Chicago has 185,000 vacant units, or almost 8% of its housing stock sitting vacant. This could be due to buildings in such disrepair that financial upgrades are unlikely, properties that are abandoned due to suffocating real estate taxes, or landlords and investors that have purchased properties and dont… Read more »
I can’t Chicago market is the hottest in the US right now, and there’s no satisfactory explanation for it.