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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.
I do not give a darn about what JB has to say about anything.
How is it that he is not charged with perjury?
Jabba for Jail 2020. Need to stop his purchase of Dictatorship of the USSA.
Typical Marxist. What ever a Marxist can do to make the commoners life uncomfortable or cause anger, strife and division between people, they will do.
The you tube video and replies sums it at up about this man, only thing I can say is it takes a lot of balls to go before the U.S. House and again as always beg for a federal bailout of state and local governments. Article today from truth and accounting Gov. Chuckles certifies that the state of Illinois is “NOT INSOLVENT” so why in gods name are you still begging for a federal bailout. Chuckles you lied that Illinois is not insolvent, you made a total fool of yourself.