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Over the summer, the illegal drifting events came to a head with clashes between police and drivers. But the illegal “takeovers” have continued every weekend for the past several weeks in Brighton Park, according to Johnny Castro, owner of Monterrey Bakery on Archer Avenue. The takeovers have been happening so regularly, Castro questioned if police would be able to stop them in the future. “It’s like, what can you do?” he asked.
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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In the attached photo, where the car sits, the building off frame used to be ‘Huck Finn Donuts’. The first building there used to be ‘Forest City Auto Parts’, while the building further off used to be a neighborhood bowling alley with a real human pin setter. Across the street was a ‘White Castle.’ This used to be such a solid, upstanding neighborhood. Pope John Paul II’s visit to FHM for the ‘parking lot mass’ in ’79 appears to have been the high water mark though. When I was in high-school, I wondered how the Medieval period could’ve happened after… Read more »
Three dead during an after midnite illegal drifting festival? Sounds like an exciting, self regulating feature of the “sport,” and no loss at all to society.
Chicago politicians are traumatizing the city. Will they crackdown on blowing and drifting from the snow in winter? What will they do about people going 15-20 in a 45mph speed limit? I see it all the time in Rockford. It’s like people are zoned out and I’m living in Bizzaro land. Lets’ face it there is NO more law and order and End Times prophecy is seems very close. Seriously the U.S. and the world has become a Godless society.
And not too bright. Seriously, community members could extend their lifespan by hitting the sack by 10 PM on Saturday nights!
Nothing good happens after midnight….
Why is drifting illegal? White Supremacy, of course. Before you know it, Lori will ban the three day long Mexican Independence Day celebrations in the loop. Different culture, different values, and it is racist to hold other cultures to the values promulgated by Karens…