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In total, 118 investigations were conducted citywide Dec. 10 to 13. So far during the pandemic, the department has issued 355 citations and investigated 7,184 businesses.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Really surprised at the lack of push back from these restaurant owners. If they all resumed business as normal the state authoritarians would cave. I pray they muster the strength to fight back. Otherwise it ends badly for them.
You know the saying, you can’t fight City Hall. These restaurateurs should have known better than to open a business in a socialist authoritarian dump called Chicago.
Touche…. It’s a fight worth fighting though – and I admire and want to support those businesses standing up to tyranny – I am not supporting any business otherwise. If they won’t stand up for themselves, I’m not going to stand up for them… – Like many of us say… this won’t end until we make it end.