Ted joined Amy and John Anthony to discuss Illinois’ population growth in 2024 due to the tidal wave of illegal migrants into the country, why homelessness is, “coincidentally,” on the rise, why Illinois Republicans lack a set of core principles, why so many cities in Illinois make the top-20 list of the nation’s highest property taxes, the need for e-verify, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Call it the Illegal Immigration Census: Illinois population gains 68,000 in 2024 due to migrant tidal wave
- Illinois lawmakers shouldn’t burden taxpayers with Tier 2 pension “fixes” until they know what they’re doing
- Illinois pension debts hit $144 billion in 2024, make a mockery of politicians’ decades of ‘balanced budgets’
- Illinois’ rich, young residents join the exodus to other states
Audio and summary 
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Keep in mind that this study is only on cities over 100K population. Illinois has many, many communities far higher than Peoria and Rockford.
Old Joe even remembers the expression “that won’t play in Peoria!”
Distinction between Peoria the City and Peoria the County- but not as much as one might think.
Peoria County is 67% White while Peoria City is 54.8% White. However, both of these figures have shown a steady decline in the White population over the past 50+ years.
Since WWII the County went for the GOP President every year from 1948 to 1992 with the exception of LBJ landslide in 1964. Since 1996 the County has gone 100% DEM. And that is the COUNTY vote. Don’t have specific data for the City but one can figure it out on their own.