Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Newsflash: None of it will work, but it will all cost more money. Call yourselves idiots and save the rest of us the trouble.
We wouldn’t want to deprive you of the immense pleasure you obviously derive from calling the rest of us idiots.
Thank you. Since leaving Illinois, it has become a real pleasure.
4 things to know about the plan: We want more money, we will continue to do a pitiful job when it comes to educating your children, we will show up for work when we want to and we want more money. That about sums it up.
Based on your description, that plan sounds like an improvement. I would’ve guessed at least 3 of the 4 components would involve wanting more money.