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Madigan put his stamp of approval on 35 Pritzker hires, and those taxpayer-funded appointments paid off for the governor. Madigan greenlit Pritzker’s full legislative agenda in Spring 2019, including 20 tax and fee hikes totaling $4.6 billion and placing the governor’s progressive income tax constitutional amendment on the November 2020 ballot.
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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.
This is corruption and needs to be investigated by the US Attorneys office.
RINO Lausch will never investigate the Democratic machine because he is Loris guy. Prior to that he was kissing Rahm’s ass. The us attorney and the fake FBI under the obama administration and now will never prosecute Daley, Rahm, Madigan, Van Pelt, Steve Berlin of ethics or the black caucus. It’s a total fix. Burke was only indicted by Lausch to take out Daley, Preckwinkle and Mendoza to make it a walk for Lori. And Lori still provides security for Rahm and Daley in exchange for her two patronage jobs.
So, nothing will be done as usual until this little weasel passes
Be careful what you wish for, because the person that will replace him is going to be as far left of a progressive as the population will tolerate. And right now the mob is chanting ‘defund the police’ quite loudly, they’ll tolerate anything.