Comments for Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar https://capitolfax.com Your Illinois news radar Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Campaign stuff by Streator Curmudgeon https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851229 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:55:06 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851229 As Benniefly2 pointed out above, none of the things Del Mar claimed were true. That leaves either: 1) Gross ignorance about taxes, or 2) Deliberate lying. Yeah, that's what I'm looking for in a candidate. /s As Benniefly2 pointed out above, none of the things Del Mar claimed were true.

That leaves either: 1) Gross ignorance about taxes, or 2) Deliberate lying.

Yeah, that’s what I’m looking for in a candidate. /s

]]> Comment on Campaign stuff by Embarrassing https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851228 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:53:27 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851228 Darren Bailey disqualified himself for governor when he chose Aaron Del Mar as his lieutenant governor running mate. Darren Bailey disqualified himself for governor when he chose Aaron Del Mar as his lieutenant governor running mate.

]]> Comment on Campaign stuff by Rudy’s teeth https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851221 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:36:40 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851221 Not impressed at all with Del Mar’s remarks. The comments re:choking JB and “grabbing them by the throat “ sounds like desperate words from a desperate candidate. Del Mar is thinking, “why did I agree to join the ticket with Darren Bailey.” Not impressed at all with Del Mar’s remarks. The comments re:choking JB and “grabbing them by the throat “ sounds like desperate words from a desperate candidate.

Del Mar is thinking, “why did I agree to join the ticket with Darren Bailey.”

]]> Comment on Pritzker expects just “a few specific items” in veto session, says ethics reform more likely next year by It's always Sunny in Illinois https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/pritzker-expects-just-%e2%80%9ca-few-specific-items%e2%80%9d-in-veto-session-says-ethics-reform-more-likely-next-year/#comment-13851216 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:08:14 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/pritzker-expects-just-%e2%80%9ca-few-specific-items%e2%80%9d-in-veto-session-says-ethics-reform-more-likely-next-year/#comment-13851216 Heavy Word Salad Ranch Dressing version of...."We don't want nobody, nobody sent Heavy Word Salad Ranch Dressing version of….”We don’t want nobody, nobody sent

]]> Comment on Pritzker expects just “a few specific items” in veto session, says ethics reform more likely next year by Give Us Barabbas https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/pritzker-expects-just-%e2%80%9ca-few-specific-items%e2%80%9d-in-veto-session-says-ethics-reform-more-likely-next-year/#comment-13851215 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:06:56 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/pritzker-expects-just-%e2%80%9ca-few-specific-items%e2%80%9d-in-veto-session-says-ethics-reform-more-likely-next-year/#comment-13851215 Considering the cloud Chris is still under, JB is probably wise to keep at arm’s length until after the election. Considering the cloud Chris is still under, JB is probably wise to keep at arm’s length until after the election.

]]> Comment on Campaign stuff by Give us Barabbas https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851213 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:01:49 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851213 I just shake my head in sorrow that this is what WLS radio is now. As far as their campaign, they try to appeal to what people think reality is, not anything factual. More troubling to me is that pervasive undercurrent of authoritarianism in all the GOP messaging, seeping into every level of the ticket. Their mindset is all about grievances, real or imagined. Okay, mostly imaginary. But they can’t wait to be in a position to make someone pay. There’s no builders vision there. Only misery. I just shake my head in sorrow that this is what WLS radio is now. As far as their campaign, they try to appeal to what people think reality is, not anything factual. More troubling to me is that pervasive undercurrent of authoritarianism in all the GOP messaging, seeping into every level of the ticket. Their mindset is all about grievances, real or imagined. Okay, mostly imaginary. But they can’t wait to be in a position to make someone pay. There’s no builders vision there. Only misery.

]]> Comment on Campaign stuff by The Ford Lawyer https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851210 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:54:36 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851210 "When we set a whole new record here in Illinois, voter turnout for conservatives and Republicans.." 135% turnout? “When we set a whole new record here in Illinois, voter turnout for conservatives and Republicans..”

135% turnout?

]]> Comment on Campaign stuff by Save Ferris https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851209 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:42:55 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851209 I tried to take a couple of deep breaths, but Aaron Del Mar choked me through the computer monitor. I tried to take a couple of deep breaths, but Aaron Del Mar choked me through the computer monitor.

]]> Comment on Campaign stuff by Benniefly2@yahoo.com https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851206 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:39:44 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/campaign-stuff-8/#comment-13851206 =Right you’ve raised the minimum wage but then you’ve raised every other fee: property tax, the sales tax, income tax.= State Income Tax Rate when Pritzger was elected was 4.95 percent. It is currently 4.95 percent. State sales tax rate when Pritzger was elected was 6.25 percent. It is still 6.25 percent. State property tax rate is 0 percent because all of that is levied locally (City, County, School District, Fire District, Library District, etc). What exactly is the argument that he thinks he is making here? =Right you’ve raised the minimum wage but then you’ve raised every other fee: property tax, the sales tax, income tax.=

State Income Tax Rate when Pritzger was elected was 4.95 percent. It is currently 4.95 percent. State sales tax rate when Pritzger was elected was 6.25 percent. It is still 6.25 percent. State property tax rate is 0 percent because all of that is levied locally (City, County, School District, Fire District, Library District, etc). What exactly is the argument that he thinks he is making here?

]]> Comment on It’s just a bill by Irreverent https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/it%e2%80%99s-just-a-bill-366/#comment-13851204 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:21:08 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/it%e2%80%99s-just-a-bill-366/#comment-13851204 @Two Sounds great. Problem is that they're being built by people who are used to coming in, doing and taking whatever they want, and then sticking the public with the fallout. @Two

Sounds great. Problem is that they’re being built by people who are used to coming in, doing and taking whatever they want, and then sticking the public with the fallout.

]]> Comment on It’s just a bill by Two Left Feet https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/it%e2%80%99s-just-a-bill-366/#comment-13851201 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:59:42 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/it%e2%80%99s-just-a-bill-366/#comment-13851201 I'm pro-data center. Regulate it all you want with minimal environmental damage and benefits to local residents and consideration for when it goes bust, but build them. The midwest can use a little more industrial revolution. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/amazon-to-fund-12-small-nuclear-reactors-at-former-indiana-coal-plant/ I’m pro-data center. Regulate it all you want with minimal environmental damage and benefits to local residents and consideration for when it goes bust, but build them. The midwest can use a little more industrial revolution.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/amazon-to-fund-12-small-nuclear-reactors-at-former-indiana-coal-plant/

]]> Comment on Isabel’s morning briefing by Hmmmm https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-830/#comment-13851200 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:53:27 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-830/#comment-13851200 @Paul But wait, I thought Susana Mendoza said that fewer homicides were only an indication of more skilled trauma surgeons? Not anything to do with policy from MBJ or Burke? /s @Paul

But wait, I thought Susana Mendoza said that fewer homicides were only an indication of more skilled trauma surgeons? Not anything to do with policy from MBJ or Burke? /s

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