National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Wirepoints
April 18, 2024
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Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
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“Our office simply used a mailing list that they provided to us and sent letters to everyone that was on that list by September 15,” said Henry Haupt, a spokesman for White. “Under the law we’re required to send one more letter October 15 using the list of names provided to us at that time by the Illinois State Board of Elections."
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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 education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Wirepoints
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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.
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April 17, 2024
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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.
Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Early in-person voting in Illinois begins today, September 24, 2020.
https://truethevote.org/detail/Illinois/#View-Infographic
Mailing pieces are going to people with out-of-state addresses.
I find this totally amazing that they can send this out at a time when everyone is supposedly working from home. Apparently they can hire a firm to do the mailings without even a thought as to the cost.
Apparently when Springfield looks at the money that already is owed to vendors and pensions they somehow think that this number is a surplus to play with!
They’re required by law!? I received a total of 4 letters! UGH! I got a vbm application with my voter card, then they sent me two reminder letters from the boe and by the time I received the one from the secretary of state’s office I started looking for voter protection hotlines. I seriously felt harassed. My 93 y/o father received one with his voter card and because he didn’t receive any more we started questioning what was going on with that… And what got me about all of these application letters; they tell you to register by the deadline… Read more »
He’ll “try to clean up” the wording?
Seriously?
It is like everything the DEMS do –so the entire state of Illinois–they want to mess everything up.
What people need to do is vote in person.
If Pritzker can protest shoulder to shoulder and Lightfoot has allowed looting in Chicago— and Pritzker refused to push off the Primary–you can vote in person–wear a mask.