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.
Gee, look at what happened to the 100% electric bus fleet recently in Oslo, Norway: Many buses canceled in Oslo today, after a chaotic day with around 1,000 canceled bus departures yesterday. https://www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/ma-sette-inn-dieselbusser-i-oslo-1.16707005 “Yesterday afternoon and evening there was a complete stop for all buses in the south of Oslo… and a month ago there were cold problems. Many electric buses had to be taken out of service because the cold made it difficult for them… low temperatures cause problems for the new electric buses… In the next few days, the temperature will drop towards minus 25 degrees in Oslo…… Read more »
Total electric bus failure in the People’s Republic of Asheville.
Remember that Asheville does not have the weather extremes Chicago has.
https://wlos.com/news/alexa/5-million-loss-for-asheville-as-flawed-electric-buses-sit-idle-interim-transportation-director-jessica-morriss-maintenance-director-john-mcdaniel-proterra
Watch out for those exploding E buses!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-yN8SugWM
Will Pace electric buses run in below zero weather? Asking for a friend.