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.
Why does a football team make politicians fall over themselves to ruin a lakefront?
Good letter by the Mayor, but not even close to ever happening. And Waukegan is a nice small city. But the infrastructure is totally lacking, and as at the other sites discussed, no one with any cash to pay for improving any of it. And the transportation the mayor talks about is not even close to adequate: too far from the Tollway; 41 is a busy local road up there; nice well-run airport but no one flies to games; and there is no east/west Metra service so that would be of marginal use. But good for the mayor for speaking… Read more »