Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Business Hostile/Economically Illiterate Illinois Democrats Have The Wrong Answer To Fix Food Deserts – Center Square
Hmm, will shoplifting from one of these municipal stores be considered theft of government property and prosecuted as such?
Why doesn’t the state just open up designated shoplifting stores? They could name them Shoplifters R Us or Shoplifters Paradise. Instead of grocery bags supply them with suitcases. An all you can shoplift buffet.
This article spotlighted Venice Illinois and the lack of a food store there. What the article didn’t mention was the crime and safety ratings of Venice as Crimegrade.org has. Would you build a store there or would you even venture there to shop? Is Venice, IL Safe?The F grade means the rate of crime is much higher than the average US city. Venice is in the 4th percentile for safety, meaning 96% of cities are safer and 4% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Venice’s proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby… Read more »
Venice, IL, a town I’ve never heard of, has fewer than 1,500 people. Can a town of less than 1,500 people even support a full service grocery store? My suburban subdivision has more than 1,500 people living it in and yet, we don’t have our own grocery store, we need to drive to the commercial corridor in town, or the next town over, to buy our groceries. And Google maps shows that a grocery store is available one or two towns away, which is not unexpected for a basically rural community with less than 1,500 people. This is right up… Read more »
There’s a Way-Mart 6 miles away. I often shop at one. What’s wrong with that?
I’m gonna have to start shoping at the wal-marts now too because my wife tells me she’s 100% all-in on the Target boycott. She says she’s never shopping target again, and I believe her.
Venice, while small, isn’t really “rural.” It’s a small inner ring Illinois suburb of St. Louis similar in demographics to East St. Louis. There isn’t a need for a grocery store in Venice due to its close proximity to Granite City which has several grocery stores including Schnucks, Walmart, Aldi, Ruler Foods, and Save a Lot. All of these stores in Granite City are within about a 4 mile or 10 minute drive from Venice. I live in a middle-class area of the St. Louis Metro East and this is approximately the same distance to the nearest grocery stores for… Read more »
Google maps shows it pretty desolate and I saw a soybean field. Weird place, looks half abandoned:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6698198,-90.1663562,3a,75y,141.41h,91.5t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQZdNxZceyqAZOsjurn9CKA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DQZdNxZceyqAZOsjurn9CKA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D145.66162%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
Venice Illinois was the showcase of the article where people complain about the lack of stores. Lets look at Venice from Crimegrade.orgs rating then decide if you would build a store there. “”Is Venice, IL Safe?The F grade means the rate of crime is much higher than the average US city. Venice is in the 4th percentile for safety, meaning 96% of cities are safer and 4% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Venice’s proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities. The rate of crime in Venice is 98.29 per 1,000… Read more »