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’ 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.
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.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Chicago Public Schools is failing its students in almost every way. What can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
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What a tone deaf man. He inherits money, stashes it in TX and the Bahamas and then flies in and out of the state like it is a part time job. IL needs to do better.
You can’t fix stupid but you can buy it.
He should send that money to the state instead since he’s feeling so generous.
How to delay reform in the State of Illinois?
Find a billionaire who is willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on electing himself and other Democrats, and on Democrat initiatives such as changing the state income tax rate from a flat rate to an adjustable rate.
And what might JB want in return?
Money the root of all evils