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.
Bike and bus lanes in the Loop are hopelessly mis-designed — they make dropping off/picking up passengers or packages a nightmare. These tickets are just the latest predatory ticket racket.
Another reason to make Chicago even more unlivable, if you can’t throw on your flashers for 60 seconds in a bike lane to run and errand or drop off passengers. TAKE THE BUS PEOPLE!
Hmm, who would have thought that bike lanes could become a revenue source?
Check back in a year: Minorities will be disproportionately ticketed.