From the Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Tribune political reporter Rick Pearson’s guests on his Sunday politics radio show are:
- State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, who’s been vocal about recently passed tax hikes, including the doubling of the state’s gas tax to pay for the state’s crumbling roads and bridges;
- Tribune investigative reporter Hal Dardick on property tax assessments; and
- Regional Transportation Authority board Chair Kirk Dillard on capital funding. The “Sunday Spin” airs from 7 to 9 a.m. on WGN-AM 720.
A big topic on the radio show was McSweeney’s position on the outrageous 3 percent COLA on pensions for retired Illinois government workers. McSweeney called for a constitutional amendment to fix this problem lest citizens will continue to flee Illinois due to higher taxes.
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