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"In an editorial earlier this week, we praised Brown for articulating that policing alone is not the solution for Chicago’s violence...But we can’t ignore this short-term reality: When police officers stand down and stay in their cars, criminals take advantage, and people — including children — die."
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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.
How to save money? Defund the police department. Sounds great. Chicago and other big urban cities should turn the PD into reactive departments meaning ni cops on the street. No traffic stops, no patrols, no anti crime units, no detectives. The PD will have a few cops assigned to station duty where you can go to file a police report for insurance purposes. Violent crime? Shot, stabbed, raped, well wait until you recover then walk on over and file a report. Arrest warrants? Handled by the county sheriff. Drug dealers, feds can handle that. Domestic disturbances, social worker squad. The… Read more »
Crime will stop when the police are fully defunded, right?
This is a joke right?
Cops are in a no-win situation. They try to stop crime and the put their lives at risk – either being killed by suspects or if something goes wrong, they go to jail. If they slow things down a bit, the superpredators run wild and kill with reckless abandon. What, you don’t like the term superpredators? I’m just using Biden’s own term!