Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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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.
Gosh darn! Gambling, legal marijuana, and abortion – a trifecta – how could any big company resist? All Illinois should do now is legalize prostitution and we can expect companies to flock to the state.
What’s not to love? Oh, that’s right, Chicago’s little issues of crime and no punishment, gun violence, murder in the streets and high, high taxes.
Oops, not supposed to mention those things, just abortion.
It is possible that woke execs of some firms might consider moving from IN to IL over this issue but how many of their employees would make the move? Do they honestly believe their entire workforce is so obsessed with abortion that their employees would move to IL, pay higher taxes for a lower quality of life for themselves and their family?
What Pritzker really meant was “We will tax their employees to death. We laugh at workers who actually work and, very importantly, we will trample their individual rights and trample their families’ rights”
Can’t imagine why companies wouldn’t want to move to Illinois: : — the most business hostile laws/regulations in America — the most burdensome tax structures/tax rates in the US — a failing educational system at all levels — the worst fiscal basket case among all 50 states — out of control crime/soft on crime Democrats that have made law and order impossible — crooked and corrupt unions that have a stranglehold on government — the worst corruption of any state/one party misrule — a Democrat state energy suicide pact that will give Illinois 3rd world power blackouts and last but… Read more »