Given where Chicago is right now this new stadium proposal is a bad idea and a bad deal – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
April 26, 2024
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Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
Again, I cannot stress this enough: HE WANTS YOU GONE. There is no place for you, deplorable, in a progressive utopia.
You best leave before he imprisons you for your illegal unregistered long rifle, deplorable. Bubba at Menard is looking for a cellmate.
JB should check with Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott. Their states are growing nicely.
What? “364,443 Illinoisans decided they no longer wanted to live here since 2020.” CARNIVAL BARKERS!!!!!! Shaddayp!!!
The thing is so many believe Pritzker’s carnival barker comment which reminds me of a comment sometimes attributed to PT Barnum of “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public;” something that Pritzker has utilized to the fullest