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[LouisVanDerWright]

Lol just like a Rosa community meeting. They were doing the stupid fingers in the air thing every time one of their allies was speaking and hissing and heckling anyone they didn't agree with.

[BorisMolotov]

Oh my god that can't be real can it? It's like real-life tumblr! I consider myself to be very progressive but that is so cringy I couldn't make it past the guy interrupting to tell people about how hissing triggers his anxiety. How do they get anything done at meetings?

[Baronvonellis]

Wow, I can't believe this is a real thing! It's like a room full of people with anxiety/confidence issues. The fingers in the air haha! And please state your gender pronouns before speaking.

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by Baronvonellis

Wow, I can't believe this is a real thing! It's like a room full of people with anxiety/confidence issues. The fingers in the air haha! And please state your gender pronouns before speaking.

I shit you not the fingers thing is a real fixture of Rosa community meetings. Of course they start booing and hissing as soon as someone says something the PC mob doesn't like...

[Vlajos]

That DSA thing made my head hurt. How pathetic. And comrade? Really? Do they not know anyone that grew up in a communist country?

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by Vlajos

That DSA thing made my head hurt. How pathetic. And comrade? Really? Do they not know anyone that grew up in a communist country?

No and they've never experienced hyperinflation so they don't understand why everything isn't free...

[the urban politician]

Illinois, the boiling frog, and the destruction of wealth (on opinion piece):

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opin...-frog-metaphor

[SIGSEGV]

^ I took a look at the byline and immediately ignored it.

edit: not to say that Mark Glennon doesn't have any good points... but he writes a series of almost identical articles.

[Barrelfish]

Curbed: CEO of Chicago Housing Authority abruptly resigns

On Tuesday, the Chicago Housing Authority’s CEO Eugene Jones announced his resignation. Jones was the longest-serving boss in more than a decade of the second largest public housing agency in the country. Many people view his departure as a surprise and the city will face a challenge in searching for replacement.

Anyone have any insight into what's going on?

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by Barrelfish

Curbed: CEO of Chicago Housing Authority abruptly resigns



Anyone have any insight into what's going on?

Everything I've read is that it was his decision and that Lightfoot liked him.

[the urban politician]

Look what Governor Hackjob is up to now:

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08...rotection-law/



Yeah, because of all those landlords out there evicting tenants for being immigrants. After all, we don’t care about the rent, we just want them to be ‘Murkins

That ranks up there with Pritzker’s other new law that like 3 people care about—the one requiring public bathrooms to be gender neutral.

We get it, you bloated fuck, you’re blowing a dog whistle to your base. Thanks for the laws that achieve nothing for anybody other than to say “Ha ha look at all of these cool new laws we’re passing!” More cover for JB as he dodges the single biggest existential problem that faces the State: how in God’s name will we fulfill our financial obligations without totally imploding?

[glowrock]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Look what Governor Hackjob is up to now:

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08...rotection-law/



Yeah, because of all those landlords out there evicting tenants for being immigrants. After all, we don’t care about the rent, we just want them to be ‘Murkins

That ranks up there with Pritzker’s other new law that like 3 people care about—the one requiring public bathrooms to be gender neutral.

We get it, you bloated fuck, you’re blowing a dog whistle to your base. Thanks for the laws that achieve nothing for anybody other than to say “Ha ha look at all of these cool new laws we’re passing!” More cover for JB as he dodges the single biggest existential problem that faces the State: how in God’s name will we fulfill our financial obligations without totally imploding?

So it seems that Pritzker is as good at dog whistling as Trump is. Though I must say, I have no issue whatsoever with gender-neutral bathrooms.

Aaron (Glowrock)

[the urban politician]

All of my buildings have new copper plumbing except for one older structure on the north side which is getting gradually remodeled unit by unit

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

All of my buildings have new copper plumbing except for one older structure on the north side which is getting gradually remodeled unit by unit

Copper plumbing, but did you redo the service on each project?

My buildings also have zero lead because I'm an evil landlord and decided to pay $17k per building to put in brand new services from the street.

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Yeah, because of all those landlords out there evicting tenants for being immigrants. After all, we don’t care about the rent, we just want them to be ‘Murkins

If it never happens, why does it matter?

Originally Posted by the urban politician

That ranks up there with Pritzker’s other new law that like 3 people care about—the one requiring public bathrooms to be gender neutral.

We get it, you bloated fuck, you’re blowing a dog whistle to your base. Thanks for the laws that achieve nothing for anybody other than to say “Ha ha look at all of these cool new laws we’re passing!”

They literally just got done with one of the most active legislative sessions in America. Certainly the most productive one in decades for Illinois. I get that you don't like these types of bills, but your arguments sound like reaching. Here you are arguing that nobody cares about a new bill and that it is explicitly for his base. Can't be both.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by moorhosj

If it never happens, why does it matter?

I think you didn't get my point. The whole point of this law to address a non-issue is that it's about sending a message. I mean, this law has no other purpose really. Landlords cannot evict a tenant for being an immigrant anyhow. Why was this law necessary other than for JB to garner Hispanic votes?

They literally just got done with one of the most active legislative sessions in America. Certainly the most productive one in decades for Illinois.

^ A massive spending bill which adds further to our debt is not a huge accomplishment. JB has a chance use his one-party supermajority to actually pass something politically difficult that will impact this pension nuclear holocaust we have coming (and perhaps save this State for future generations), but he is obviously avoiding the issue.

Avoidance, and press conferences showing him signing silly laws that mean practically nothing. As I predicted, he is turning out to be just another old school POS Chicago politician. He will not fix anything that's real, but will dig for votes. That doesn't mean I disagree with everything he does (I like--although scared where the money will come from--that we're spending money on infrastructure and transit; I like that we're legalizing marijuana and that he extended the Illinois film tax credits, for example)

[Handro]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

I think you didn't get my point. The whole point of this law to address a non-issue is that it's about sending a message. I mean, this law has no other purpose really. Landlords cannot evict a tenant for being an immigrant anyhow. Why was this law necessary other than for JB to garner Hispanic votes?

Landlords Oppose Trump Plan to Evict Undocumented Immigrants

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/u...mmigrants.html

The government’s housing program includes public housing projects as well as vouchers for subsidized rent in buildings managed by private landlords.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by Handro

Landlords Oppose Trump Plan to Evict Undocumented Immigrants

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/u...mmigrants.html

Did you even read the first paragraph of that article? That's not the same thing....at all...that I'm talking about. Nor does JB's new pandering law in any way, shape, or or form have any impact on what Trump is trying to do.

[Handro]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Did you even read the first paragraph of that article? That's not the same thing....at all...that I'm talking about. Nor does JB's new pandering law in any way, shape, or or form have any impact on what Trump is trying to do.

1. Yes, I also read the entire article that describes a proposal that requires private landlords to evict immigrant families if they are using housing vouchers.

2. If I was an undocumented immigrant renter or had family that was an undocumented immigrant renter, then I would certainly sleep easier in IL knowing that undocumented status does not mean I/they will be sleeping on the streets.


Either way, seems like a win - win. If you're right that it doesn't matter, doesn't affect you at all, and has no real meaning other than to make some people sleep easier, then why does it upset you so much? Strange. Why be so combative?

[moorhosj]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Avoidance, and press conferences showing him signing silly laws that mean practically nothing. As I predicted, he is turning out to be just another old school POS Chicago politician. He will not fix anything that's real, but will dig for votes. That doesn't mean I disagree with everything he does (I like--although scared where the money will come from--that we're spending money on infrastructure and transit; I like that we're legalizing marijuana and that he extended the Illinois film tax credits, for example)

This is a well-reasoned point. I don't know enough about the tenant/landlord bill to argue one way or the other.

On the pensions, I'm not sure what an actual solution even looks like or what appetite there would be the implement it in the first place. He likely won't get any Republican support for a difficult vote (because it WILL require new money) and most of the Democrats are too scared to vote (terrified of union backlash). We will see what the "Blue Ribbon Commission" comes up with, but likely little gets done.

The most logical move would be taxing retirement income and putting that money directly towards the pensions and also taxing some services. More likely, we get asset privatization and increased income taxes.