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.
“Let me be clear about one thing: this is not a service cut…no employees will be laid off…” This is typical government-run transit in a nutshell. Most hours, the CTA now carries half the passengers it did during the last good Trump year of 2019 yet can’t seem to find a way to match its capacity to the reality of the passenger volume. Sorry, all you political hires at the RTA, Zoom and Zero Tier have mostly replaced the need for your services. So buses and trains run when they’re not needed and not enough when they are. Result? Empty… Read more »
Really? Highest Rate Of Violent Crime In 11 Years Is “Not Meeting Expectations” — What A Fraud
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/more-police-promised-for-cta-trains-after-man-fatally-shot-on-red-line-overnight/2908674/