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no place like 'Toga. Fairgrounds is nice, could be great, but just not happening. Finger Lakes and Fort Erie memories. Have a lot of opinions, only share a few.

[Neil @neilfromsa]

@VigilantFox

[slacker @SlackerOBrien]

@Kristine_Froeba @HelenaMorenoLA @jigiarrusso @CityOfNOLA This is a cultural issue within city govt. Should not take the Mayor involvement to get this done. Levels of mgmt couldn't figure out the right thing to do? Sad. Hope the Mayor has a plan to upgrade its' workforces knowledge and decision making process.

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[Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves]

Governor DeSantis and Governor Pritzker each just signed their 8th state budgets. The contrast couldn't be starker. And the lesson is that who you elect matters. Change out the politicians and you get different policies.
For reference, Florida is 1.8x more populous than IL, 23.37m people compared to 12.71m people. Now consider these points:
1. FL general revenue budget is $52B, IL is $56B. Because state's have different ways of budgeting, lookimg at the total FY27 budgets, FL =$117B, IL=$130B. This doesn't make sense.
2. Pritzker advocated for and signed the largest budget in state history this year and in previous years. DeSantis has lowered the amount spent every year for the last four years and vetoed over $10B in spending during his time in office. Pritzker's budget is up $16B since he took office.
3. Pritzker brags about his credit upgrades, but IL has the worst state credit rating, FL has the best credit rating.
4. FL has a rainy day fund of $18B. IL rainy day fund is $2B.
5. FL is pushing $78B in road programs and moving planned projects ahead 5-15 years. IL can't even get projects planned, permitted and built in a timely manner, so many projects are left undone and money sits in an account collecting interest. And now that surplus interest is being sent to the CTA to bail them out.
6. DeSantis has given back over $9B in taxes. Pritzker has raised taxes every year for a total of over $77B according to IPI.
9. FL is giving $5,000 signing bonuses for police officers. IL politicians want to defund the police.
10. FL is on the cusp of eliminating property taxes for 60% of home owners and they have no state income tax. IL has the highest property taxes, plus individial income and estate taxes, high corporate taxes, and there's been no attempt to meaningfully lower property taxes.
Yes, elections have consequences. But, it can all ve reversed. DeSantis barely got elected 8 years ago. Your vote matters.

[slacker @SlackerOBrien]

@DougKass @CNBC @squawkbox Funny how you notice Joe's shortcomings but I have not seen any feedback from you on Andrew's faults. Makes you go, hmmm.

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@LukeSimpleDiv Might want to fact check this one

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@dividendology The Caesar’s sale is weighing on many minds. Will they negotiate new leases in Vegas?. And the stock price nearly touched $26 a short time ago. So we may be in the beginning of an upswing. I am long. For all the financial reasons mentioned by others, still a buyer.

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@TheNYRA Celebrates? Odd choice of a word for many.

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@mazemoore May be an unpopular opinion: Mr Maher is severely overrated. His writers write some good stuff and he has a great delivery, but he is not all that smart imo. Just watch him on M Kelly interview. Deer in headlights. As an entertainer, he plays the audience well. That's it

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@jwmjournalist @BreezeAirways Won't wade into the delay. Communication though is an Issue with all airlines. They hold all information and attempt to resolve issue within their processes. Prevents an individual from making decisions on what's best for that said individual.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

2009. Obama announces $13 billion from the Recovery Act will be used for high speed rail projects across the country.

The high speed rail/money laundering scam goes back many years.

Imagine if the media looked into anything Obama had done as much as it has reported on the Reflecting Pool.

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@FixNOLA @LouisianaLtGov But hey, we just gave a major brand hotel tax breaks for 45 yrs, so we go that going for us

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@news_pug @waterboystocks What bank has a PE below 8?

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@JeffDuncan_ What this city - media views as accomplishments is indicative of how low our bar is set. Obviously, getting Tulane to expand downtown is huge, but a new hotel and a HS football stadium. Really?

[slacker @SlackerOBrien]

@SenJohnKennedy If true, call for removal of Sen Thune. Yeah, I didn't think so...

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@ScottDKushner Was in Charleston last wk end. Ppl everywhere. Very clean. Bldgs well kept. Landscape/flower beautiful. Felt very safe. Did not experience anyone I was cautious of. IMO,they are doing something right. Similar in Nashville. Instead of mayor flying overseas,ck out our neighbors.

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@AdiosSpirits New Orleans is an obvious location for a launch. Refreshing adult beverage in this humid city that likes to enjoy their cocktail, no brainer.

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@jimiuorio So I bust my ass working for yrs, living conservatively,saving as much as I can. When I do get opp to retire, I dont get SS because I dont pass means testing, so my money goes to someone who maybe didn't make good decisions, didnt save, disnt work their ass off. Not right.....

[slacker @SlackerOBrien]

@barshoelife To counter, the NFL games in European stadiums are filled with fans from their respective cities. I suggest their are a lot of all classes of people out there. In many cases, all about choices.