Ted was on WTAX with Joe McLaughlin last week talking about Wirepoint’s push to end lawmaker pensions in Illinois.
Real reforms won’t happen as long as lawmakers’ conflict of interest over pension reform continues. Both candidates and new lawmakers must refuse to take a pension so they can vote to bring about real change.
Read more about Wirepoints’ push to end legislative pensions:
Shut down Illinois lawmaker pensions (Part 1): They’re already bankrupt
Yes, Illinois can eliminate legislative pensions
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.