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The $1.15 billion project in the Des Plaines River near Joliet is seen as a vital way to stop invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. According to Gov. JB Pritzker’s office, the state has paused contracts and put nearly 70 infrastructure projects on hold. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
“Blaming the “uncertainty” of federal funding under President Donald Trump’s administration, <JB the Hutt> is delaying a massive project to help stop invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes.”
While your typical gaslighting is shameful and pathetic as always, any spending you can cut is appreciated. Illinois is broke and you know it, as do all of us in Illinois who don’t get their news from NPR basket cases like the Sun-Times.
Protecting Illinois taxpayers? You might want to start, JB.
Pritzker, “I have an obligation to protect Illinois tax payers.” If Pritzker were Pinocchio, his nose would poke your eye out after making this statement.
Finger pointing at Trump is a proven model for losing national elections. Pritzker just hasn’t figured that out yet.
Gov. Pritzger sounds like the youngster who keeps claiming “the dog ate my homework.”
It’s not MY fault.
He’s playing the #Resistance in color by numbers fashion. He’s just repeating every Democrat talking point except he’s a day late and a little louder than the other politicians. His terrible dead pan delivery of his troll, where he declared that he renamed Lake Michigan into Lake Illinois was, as my son would say, CRINGE!!! It could have been funny but like most SNL skits he turned it into a funeral sermon. He’s got the blue-state bubble problem that Kamala, Clinton & Kerry had: they fail to understand that they live in a Democrat bubble. It’s very easy for JB… Read more »
To the regular person, they would look at this pause in funding as a wake-up call – illustrating that we have too many state level infrastructure projects funded by taxes from the rest of the country – AKA The Fed. We should fix the state’s spending problem and focus on changing how these projects are funded and reduce our ultimate dependency and Federal programs. Infrastructure projects and public safety are about the only benefits a regular IL tax payer sees for their taxes. If these projects are funded mostly by the Fed, then what the hell is the state spending… Read more »
The money for the +500k illegal aliens has to come from somewhere – that’s been the focus of Democrats, underwriting the invasion they organized to subvert Democracy.
Billion +
PDJT will be pinching off a lot more wasteful spending. Biden has run up a $2T annual deficit – it’s time for freeloaders like Pritzker and IL Democrats to get off the taxpayer gravytrain.
Pritzker is just warming up for his budget address where he blames Trump for everything going wrong in Illinois. He’s under the impression that it is the Federal Government’s responsibility to fund the states. All the blue states feel that way. JB just wants to spend spend spend, mostly on extremist policies that, as it turns out, nobody wants. Until he figures it out, businesses and residents will continue to flee.
Always President Trumps fault, Pritzker come up with a different angle will ya please or as I’ve said before just shut up already your mouth spews so much negativity and hatred. Your so put out because shits and giggles Kamala lost the election and your stronghold and Washington ambitions are all but dead, your such a unhappy individual.
Well, to be fair to JB, sometimes it’s Rauner’s fault. Despite being out of office for six years.
Next it will be Nixon’s fault just like Brandon said. Maybe both of them can agree once in a while.
And if he can’t blame any of those, he blames YOU, deplorable Illinois Republican, for your recalcitrance. Just do what JB says and the beatings will stop.
Nothing to be fair about to Pritzker, this individual is an evil person, murder of the unborn this person has a grudge for some reason against normal humans. Look at all the perverted laws that he put on the books in Illinois absolutely no pass or excuses for him he must be voted out in 2026 if he runs if he has the balls since he realizes all the damage he has done.
JB is an obese inherited billionaire orphan, abandoned by his family and sent to boarding school on the opposite coast, where this short, fat man was bullied mercilessly by east coast preppies. He’s got mommy issues, daddy issues, and he hates humanity. Illinois of course looks at this mentally guy, with a penchant for petty retribution, and says “Let’s make him Governor”
What went wrong with his brother?