If passed, Bring Chicago Home would increase the tax rate buyers pay on property sales over $1 million, with the additional funds dedicated to providing permanent affordable housing and wraparound services for unhoused Chicagoans.
Immigrants are the new Chicago; most others are leaving for good reason. Be happy they are here; without them the Chitty would die a slow painful death.
And Mark, we don’t need to “feed the beast” of the bloated and corrupt “Homeless – Industrial Complex” any more than we are already doing…
Living in Evanston and seeing how the local homeless “non – profit” outfit Connections for the Homeless has connived with Evanston city government to operate “homeless services” has been *really* eye – opening. I also once worked for Connections, and it is frightening to see how easily such a corrupt organization – with the very willing malfeasance of “woke” elected officials – can quickly destroy what was once a nice quality of life in Evanston…
Spot on GM. Living in Bowmanville is close enough to Evanston that I’ve watched it change over the years and not for the better. Oak Park has becomeva train wreck too.
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.
Immigrants are the new Chicago; most others are leaving for good reason. Be happy they are here; without them the Chitty would die a slow painful death.
Either we get border enforcement or America gets destroyed. End of story.
And Mark, we don’t need to “feed the beast” of the bloated and corrupt “Homeless – Industrial Complex” any more than we are already doing…
Living in Evanston and seeing how the local homeless “non – profit” outfit Connections for the Homeless has connived with Evanston city government to operate “homeless services” has been *really* eye – opening. I also once worked for Connections, and it is frightening to see how easily such a corrupt organization – with the very willing malfeasance of “woke” elected officials – can quickly destroy what was once a nice quality of life in Evanston…
Spot on GM. Living in Bowmanville is close enough to Evanston that I’ve watched it change over the years and not for the better. Oak Park has becomeva train wreck too.
We continue to experience realization of the great liberal death wish. https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-great-liberal-death-wish/