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.
Naperville is not the quaint town it used to be. Crime is up there. Joliet is laughable.
It’s so quaint they recently had an armed bank robbery in the last two weeks:
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/armed-bank-robbery-under-investigation-naperville
Caught an armed car thief:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-accused-of-stealing-car-while-illegally-armed-in-naperville-cops/ar-AA16L2jc
Had a shopper getting boosted by an armed robber while in a store:
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/shopper-robbed-line-naperville-store-reward-offered
And they just recently caught a suspect in an armed robbery of two Portillo’s employees from last summer:
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/man-accused-robbing-naperville-portillos-arrested-colorado
Of course, the City Council’s continued push for “Affordable” housing in the city could make things interesting.
And Joliet?!? Really?!? Who paid who off?
Joliet? Joliet? Really, Joliet?
I BELIEVE LOVE IS THE ANSWER, BUT YOU SHOULD OWN A GUN, JUST IN CASE.