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An internal Chicago police message sent Friday around 7:30 p.m. said “approximately 350 teens” were gathered at the beach, and a squad car window had been broken. On Thursday evening, more than 100 young people spontaneously gathered in Millennium Park until a fight broke out, prompting police to break it up.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Even worse disturbances Saturday night downtown and Millennium Park. Busses and cars smashed, people beaten, tourist’s protected. Where were all Brandon’s social workers at to de escalate and reason with these hundreds of youths.
Just a fraternity stunt from nearby U of C or perhaps just boisterous suburban youth enjoying the smelt netting season. No danger, nothing to see, move along!
There’s hardly any smelt left in our section of Lake Michigan. Everything the Democrat touches, he destroys.
Let the Party Begin.
Likely just celebrating crushing their standardized tests…