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Both the steady prices and quick turnarounds are byproducts of the drop in inventory, experts said, which was dramatically impacted by the stay-at-home order and its now-partially-lifted ban on in-person open houses and restrictions on showings.
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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.
These idiots at the trib have no memory and no knowledge of anything. The great recession started in 2007 and home prices didn’t start falling until roughly 2008, and dropped drastically until 2010, and took a slow decline until 2012 or 2013. Things really picked up that spring in 2013 in most areas, so there were 5-6 years of falling prices. We are only in the third month of this recession. We’ve got a long way before the bottom falls out.
Nobody remembers anything anymore. It’s terrifying, really. Just 11 years ago, we had a flu outbreak worse than this one, but nobody remembers. Just like nobody who is old enough seems to remember how the current US/china trainwreck started in 1996 with Clinton selling most favored nation trading status for campaign bucks.