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 wonder how they determine who is eligible for being in their survey because they’re a “likely Illinois general election voter?” Meeting that criteria would make a respondent eligible to be sampled. Since this was an in-person telephone survey, I wonder if they screened people who answered their calls to determine if they were a “likely Illinois general election voter” before they asked the survey questions. I think the likely answer to this question tells us that the group their survey doesn’t include are those who are not “likely general election voters” now, but who actually do decide to vote… Read more »
Not sure what to make of this poll.
Not a fan of polls/studies – unless I’m able to access the methodology, the verbiage of the questions, and how the sampling was determined and vetted.
And, this is probably the MOST relevant: what entity commissioned it.