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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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This is against HIPPA laws.
The first responders don’t want to go full PPE for every call because they lack enough PPE. Preckwinkle objects, not because of privacy concerns (which is what I assumed it would be about prior to reading the article), but instead, she’s concerned about ‘endemic racism; and for the potential for some minorities to feel targeted. She said to assume everyone is infected. This is the most ridiculously stupid stuff I’ve ever heard. You can’t make up this stupidity that literally defies common sense and logic. When you live in Hyde Park enough long and drink the water, it makes you… Read more »