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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.
It clearly demonstrates the value of the man’s Word.
And in Illinois Pritzker can find a CPA or actuary under any rock to to back him.
I guess some things in Illinois can still be mildly shocking.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Get the handcuffs, the Dictator just committed fraud!
This man is a fools fool
Does he walk around with his eyes closed all day and cotton in his ears –so he can hear nothing or see nothing?
Can Prtizker be held personally liable for this blatant lie? Can defrauded investors claw back money personally from Pritzker’s billions for this illegal deception? Can Pritzker be sent to prison for this criminal act? Can individual Illinois citizens sue Pritzker for this fabrication and his complicity in Illinois looming financial collapse?