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‘We didn’t have time’: Pritzker, leaders defend adjourning without Bears deal – Capitol News IL
As for the megaprojects tool nixed by the Senate: “We still need that, by the way,” Gov. JB Pritzker said, reiterating his charge that Illinois is “behind the curve” given how 38 other states have a statewide mechanism for large developers to negotiate property taxes. “It’s just in Illinois where we have had a disorganized, dysfunctional endeavor forever, and now we’re trying to organize it and make it work, so that businesses will want to come.”
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No one wants to admit it, but this isn’t Springfield’s incompetence. It is 100% intentional. They are playing political theater: pretending “Oh, we’re going to get a deal done,” only to pivot to “Oh, no, we won’t.” JB Pritzker gave the game away this morning when he suggested it was actually a good thing that the Bears are moving to Indiana, so Illinois taxpayers wouldn’t have to hand a billion-dollar tax cut to billionaire team owners. Springfield is deliberately sending the Bears to Indiana. The politicians there are doing it on purpose because they are nihilists who hate the Bears’… Read more »
Had 5 years . Want another 5 ??? This is why the Bears are going to Indiana. Took them 6 months.
Pritzker is lying once again. He said 2 years ago that the Bears didn’t matter to him. Maybe if he stopped paying for illegals to get more congressional seats, there would be money for legal, non criminal IL citizens. IL taxpayers should not be paying for healthcare for illegals when working US citizens cannot afford healthcare.
“ We didn’t have time” for an issue that has been kicking around since Arlington Park was torn down? Wow, JB, just… wow.
They had plenty of time even before the Bears threatened IN. But IL legislators have always waited until the last minute to pass budgets and laws so people don’t have time to read them. But this one is ultimately about property taxes and voters are finally waking up.
We didn’t have the time. We didn’t have the leadership. We didn’t have the expertise. We didn’t have the legislative know how. We just didn’t know what the— we were doing