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“I really think the people who go out to the restaurants now are the people who don’t care about everyone’s safety,” one restaurant worker said.
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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.
Restaurant workers should get real jobs and real careers. Waitressing and bartending has never been considered a career. Neither has art, music or acting. These “workers” don’t want to pay taxes but drink and party and now they all want free money from the government and free rent. And if they don’t get it they blame evil Trump. Ridiculous
Those are real careers.
Oh no! The precious wittle snowflakes have to make a decision! They have to take risks! They have to pay bills! This is sooooo unfair! And that meanie Trump won’t guarantee them a risk-free, bill-free existence! Why doesn’t the fat billionaire in Springfield put down his fork and pay the snowflakes’ bills?
What a closing quote! Hey, just stop mortgage and loan payments, and that will fix it all!