John Kitover

Chicago bonded debt is ~$30B; city pensions add $36B unfunded (~28% funded). Illinois state pensions ~$144B unfunded. CPS budget is $10.2B. Chicago debt service alone nears $200M/month. Structural gaps leave little margin. AI tutoring still scales routine instruction at low marginal cost, freeing limited staff for core human roles. Spending priorities remain a separate fiscal choice.

A new cohort of 40 women, called The Rung, aims to connect female professionals who are earlier in their careers, and empower them to take on leadership roles. chicagotribune.com/2026/10/3…

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John Kitover was just endorsed by Max Rice. His mayorship is looking inevitable and the momentum is gaining..

Outgoing 17th district Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison really, really does not want you to vote for Liz Gorman, the Republican candidate to replace him.

If you wanted to determine exactly how many duplicate signatures are among a set of 30k, would you rely on human observation over the course of 1 week or AI in 30 minutes?

Now there’s arguing and yelling over line cutting. Could have been avoided by having a single staffer handing out numbers

Illinois spends $100 Million a Year on Elections 🗳️🇺🇸🗽 Still takes leadership, common sense, and intelligence ✅ BTW, Illinois is $200 Billion in Debt & Chicago is $100 Billion in Debt. But hey, what's $100 Million Dollars 💵 ✅ a year.

The poorest Americans lose and the richest gain under Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” per the Congressional Budget Office. Average yearly change in household resources, 2026–2034: Poorest 10%: -$1,214 (about 3% of income) Richest 10%: +$13,622 (about 2.7% of income)

Successful? He’s a radical LOSER that hates Chicago and America. He is everything wrong with this country

Milton Friedman: “In the long run, government will spend whatever the tax system will raise, plus as much more as it can get away with. That’s what history tells us.” “So my view has always been: cut taxes on any occasion, for any reason, in any way that’s politically feasible, as the only way to keep down the size of government.”

Milton Friedman: “Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending, because that’s the true tax.” “If you’re not paying for it in the form of explicit taxes, you’re paying for it indirectly in the form of inflation or borrowing.”

Milton Friedman on the fallacy of trusting the government to protect us from greed: “It’s a false argument because it assumes somehow that government is a way in which you put unselfish and ungreedy men in charge of selfish and greedy men.” “But government is an institution whereby the people who have the greatest drive to get power over their fellow men get in a position of controlling them.”

Is there any denying the fact that hundreds, probably thousands, of Chicago would-be early voters turnaround and walk away when they see an hour-long wait in line to early vote? Why do we limit the number of EV centers to 50?

From the Editorial Board: Secretary of State is tricky because the incumbent, Alexi Giannoulias, 50, is not only seeking reelection for his current post, but also running for mayor of Chicago. chicagotribune.com/2026/10/0…

The US economy has now been in an expansion for 77 months. Average expansion since 1949: 67 months Longest: 128 months (2009 - 2020) Shortest: 12 months (1980 - 1981)