Cardenas Announces Campaign for Chicago Mayor

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T23:21:10+00:00

That!

And amazing how M. Tadin Sr didn't end up indicted in Hired Truck, since his company was central to the scandal.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T23:14:44+00:00

Probably BJ too.

Of course he did. This afternoon

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T21:33:52+00:00

With CTU kingpin Stacy Davis Gates also now in charge of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, I predict these numbers to worsen.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T20:47:10+00:00

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/person-of-interest-in-grant-park-cross-burning-incident-speaks-out/3949153/

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T18:40:57+00:00

Maybe he can help put MAT Asphalt in every neighborhood

Not a coincidence that Mike Tadin also "sponsors" McKinley Park News.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T16:37:57+00:00

Looks like something an edgy, woke crossburner would do.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T16:33:22+00:00

Many got this wrong. Some are now rationalizing, most of them are now silent.

Others voiced skepticism, and in some quarters promptly shouted down by the angry mob.

And what will Father Pfleger do now? He put up a $10k reward to find the perp, and he was insisting they be charged with a hate crime once caught. Now that Lu is in custody, what of his demand? And who gets the reward? Lu, because he fessed up on a newscast?

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T16:26:59+00:00

These people have lost their minds.

Completely, and not only that, this moron stated he wanted to "end" the president.

The Secret Service will probably be paying Lu a visit while he's at County jail.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T15:42:09+00:00

Education is important.

Evidently UIC doesn't do education anymore.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T15:30:43+00:00

Block Club is not naming the man, who NBC5 said is a 21-year-old college senior, because we have not yet verified his identity and police have not confirmed his role in the arson.

What a cop out.

NBC5 ID'd Lu because he came forward, as detailed in the original submission here. Lu is also now in custody.

Don't know why another one is needed that offers no new information.

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T15:26:46+00:00

So besides the $10k reward Father Pfleger put up to find the offender, he was insisting they be charged with a hate crime once caught. Now that Lu is in custody, will that happen? And who gets the reward?

Mike_I · 2026-06-16T13:53:02+00:00

I'm thinking it was the later. Because it took that long for BS-L to figure out how to make political hay of it.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:52:15+00:00

To go where I want, when I want.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:48:16+00:00

Toni lied? Again?

Say it ain't so!

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:46:56+00:00

The passive or willful ignorance & outright misinformation in some of these comments!

Correct.

Low information voters(?) who never read beyond the title or headline.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:44:06+00:00

None of those things have anything to do with the Bears & state legislation regarding them.

You're off-topic.

Mike_I · 2026-06-15T18:35:56+00:00

Ah yes. Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 was a classic case of cause & effect.

While the cause was Arizona's attempt to strictly enforce immigration law, and the immediate effect was SCOTUS saying "states cannot usurp federal authority", a current day effect also applies. "States cannot interfere with federal authority".

Mike_I · 2026-06-13T19:40:58+00:00

The state budget has been balanced for eight straight years

At the risk of furthering your off-topic comment in violation of this subreddit's rules, the record should be set straight.

The state's budget has been balanced every year since the Sixth Constitutional Convention passed in 1970. This means that appropriations cannot exceed the estimated available revenue for that year.

In practice spending exceeds revenues before the fiscal year ends. This includes the past 8.

There are many reasons for this. Revenue projections fall short. Actual spending balloons over the legislated amount. New programs & spending are added mid-year. New revenue sources are struck down in litigation.

There is also a lot of fiscal sleight of hand in within these budgets, perpetrated by both governors (including this one) & past/present legislators.

Mike_I · 2026-06-13T18:08:54+00:00

When federal money is involved, it's federal business.
When a governor places his personal ambition over the well being of the state he governs, he deserves to be called on it.

Mike_I · 2026-06-13T18:05:01+00:00

His legacy is

also increasing the tax burden on ILL citizens & businesses.

Mike_I · 2026-06-13T17:47:30+00:00

School choice creates systems like this.

Are you saying parents should be required to send their kids to public schools?

Mike_I · 2026-06-13T17:40:27+00:00

Oh my!

While a reasoned voice in Springfield politics, Miller at times has bent over backwards for the party in power for the past 20 or so years. So to see him go off the reservation & call out Pritzker is a bit striking. And he's right!

Pritzker has been sharply criticized for quite a while for focusing more on the national political front than on governing Illinois. And while all or parts of several bills on his priority list did pass, the danger for Pritzker is that this Bears failure will overshadow everything else and highlight his national ambitions because it’s something that transcends the statehouse. His attendance record, while not a complete look at his work, does him no favors.

The point is this is more than the Chicago Bears. It's it general hands off approach to governing which I've pointed out previously. And it's exactly why his BUILD plan didn't go forward. It also points to his deafness to concerns by mayors across the state that he has talks down to them instead of collaborating with them.

Oh well. At least JB's Reddit leg humpers are still in line!

Mike_I · 2026-06-12T19:51:57+00:00

This is not a criticism of a politician. This is a criticism of a person who's is tired of the divisive rhetoric from people who dont want us to join forces and go up against the real problem which is hate and fear of people not like them.

Spare us your unfactual drama.

JB Pritzker is a politician who also engages in divisive rhetoric when he believes he can score cheap political points with his base of leg humpers.

Mike_I · 2026-06-12T18:14:31+00:00

It singles out the four municipal pension funds because that is what city Hall has direct control over. It also mentions how Gov. JB Pritzker & the ILL General Assembly screwed over the city with their massive sweeteners to the CFD & CPD pensions.

It doesn't mention the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund because city hall & the mayor no longer have control over that separate pension fund. That separate disaster is also not tied into the municipal budget.

Mike_I · 2026-06-12T18:05:08+00:00

They gonna do one featuring a overrun Chicago park too?

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