River Forest considering local grocery tax hike – Illinois Policy

River Forest ended fiscal year 2023 with a $2.3 million surplus and projected 2024 would end with a $4.3 million surplus. It bumped by $5.5 million its general fund spending for 2025, up from $35.4 million to $40.9 million. Yet it cannot figure out how to let its Whole Foods and Jewel-Osco customers get a break without “hurting taxpayers.”

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Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case

Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.

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