Given where Chicago is right now this new stadium proposal is a bad idea and a bad deal – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
April 26, 2024
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Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
Don’t understand how anyone can look at this situation and think it makes sense. $550M dollars on illegal immigrants…it is out of control. This needs to stop and now. Some how these crooks find 1/2 a billion dollars for this stupidity, but can’t find a dime for real issues facing citizens. Please vote these people out of office, it is unsustainable.
This is completely insane the amount of money the state is paying to take care of a small number of migrants. A billion dollars fills a lot of potholes, buys a lot of new playground equipment, builds a lot of community centers, provides a lot of tax credits.
We are living in a nightmare no Night Terror environment. If any of us were in a coma for the last few years woke up and realized what was going on we would demand to go back into a coma or ask for euthanasia.