National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Wirepoints
April 18, 2024
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Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
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Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
April 18, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Illinois education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
Wilmette protects government speech…but not free speech. – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer
April 17, 2024
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Preckwinkle stresses that pay raises were limited to those making below $200K. That’s less than 2% of the workforce.
And, by the weigh…Preckwinkle makes $170K.
Same old story, pay hiking proposal even though pensions are underfunded.
Hiking pay will hike pension contributions.
But employer pension contributions are already unaffordable so the County hiked sales taxes by 1%.
(The 1% is the absolute value, the percentage increase is much higher).
Did she even bother to submit a pension impact analysis of the proposed pay hike.
They want to have their cake (pay hikes) and eat it too (no reductions to existing pensions).
Cook County employees contribute to either the Cook County Pension Fund or the Cook County Forest Preserve Pension Fund.
Really? Is there a ship in Lake Michigan with tea, we can dump into the lake?
How long are the sheep around here going to take this before they reach for the pitchforks?