Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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Audio and summary linked here.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Most people would say $30K/student/yr is overfunded, not underfunded.
If $30,000 per year per student is not fully funded, what is? Whatever it is you should all definitely pony up. It’s your civic duty as the slaves you are. If you don’t like being compared to slaves, don’t act like slaves.
CPS SHOULD FILE BANKRUPTCY
Is CTU’s “walk-in” today on class time?
From CPS web site, it looks like fed COVID /ESSER funds are $2.8 bil over 5 yrs, or $560 mil a yr? (.https://www.cps.edu/about/finance/budget/budget-2024/revenue-2024/) I guess that will be just one of CPS revenue source Gates & crew will be looking for dopey taxpayer/ homeowners to pick up on top of gigantic new CTU $$$contract$$$? How is ESSER funding or all of the crazy CTU contract demands addressed in EBF?
As COVID funds run out the scary bigger picture for Illinois taxpayers, not just for CPS, but for the entire state +600 school districts & crazy 7,000 units of gov, are taxpayers going to be forced to pick up the tab, especially in regards to new hires and pay raises, handed out during COVID? With all of Illinois public sector worker protections, Amendment 1, etc, will it even be possible to make necessary furloughs, layoffs, salary cuts, permanent remote work, etc, etc? I’d expect a ton of court challenges at the least from are public sec heros if & when… Read more »
Here’s the skinny from state ESSER site on CPS (dist 299) on what $2.9 bil in ESSER COVID funds where spent on (https://www.isbe.net/Pages/ESSER-Spending-Dashboard.aspx):
While state as whole spent $7.8 bil in ESSER COVID funds on:
OOCH,,…no wonder Stacy’s out flappen her jaws,
Are these the astronomical $billions$ dopey Chicago/ Illinois taxpayers are going to be on the hook for?
Hope I got this right (could make for some good WP research)
I think an across the board pay cut of thirty per cent would help the district achieve full funding.
Hmm….I wonder if she considers the private school she sends her kid to at
Chicago property taxpayers expense, “fully funded.”