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.
More precisely, Susana Mendoza is a career Chicago Cook County Democrat who continued working for the City of Chicago while she was also employed as a State Representative. She took a pay cut after elected as City Clerk of Chicago because she no longer held two jobs, per Open the Books records.
At least she agrees that the lawmakers shouldn’t be paid ahead of anyone else.