At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the university student protests erupting across the nation on the Israel/Palestine conflict, why it’s so dangerous for society if the media abandons facts in favor of narratives, why that allows government to spin away the problems like crime and financial crises, why it causes the voting public to become apathetic, and more.
When you hear the complaints from Illinois politicians, remember the hypocrisy: 40,000 bused to Chicago, but 161,562 allowed to fly directly to Florida.
Nearly one year ago, Chicagoans cheered Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s removal from office. In her place was Brandon Johnson, who promised a more inclusive approach to building a “better, stronger, safer Chicago.” It hasn’t turned out that way. Today, there’s little disagreement that Mayor Johnson has disappointed on most key issues. On crime. On policing. On migrants. On education. On governance. Even on foreign affairs.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the problems and costs of the Chicago Bears’ proposed new stadium, why its unlikely to happen in its current form, why the ongoing wave of violent crimes makes residents scared of the city, and why the funeral of slain police officer Luis Huesca matters to Mayor Johnson’s reputation.
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I like Paul but exactly what demographic does Paul expect to capture in an era of identity politics and culture wars? He’ll have nearly zero non-white vote, and very little lakeshore liberal white vote. He can’t win city hall on the northwest side alone, and even if he made the run off, he’d 100% lose to the non-white person. Rahm realized that in his run off that he was unpopular because he was white and he barely won. That was almost a decade ago and it’s 100x worse now. It’s all identity politics now.
There’s some hope in the Latino wards, it’s not all identity politics, they have a good grasp of the financial situation because they have high homeownership rates. There is a socialist streak brought from their homeland too but it fades as Latinos move up the economic ladder the longer they’re here.
We need either Vallas or Lopez in a run-off but they both might muscle each other out. Both of those candidates are going to have a hard time with the north side progressives and Black communities. Both will do well in on the NW and SW sides and Beverly. The big difference is Lopez will carry most of the Hispanic wards but he doesn’t have the financial backing of a Vallas. Lopez in a run-off w/ Lori will garner all the Hispanic vote. Most of the Black vote would in all likelihood revert back to Lori. Lopez could beat Lori.… Read more »