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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.
Governor Pritzker you need to tell the weasel to step down now, oh that’s right look at your left ankle he’s attached to you like a ball and chain. Are you hiding something oh great governor, the weasel have the goods on you also.
He should be arrested before being asked to step down for a couple of reasons. First, his corruption is 30 years long – the state didn’t do its job but the Feds will. Second, he probably wouldn’t leave until he was dragged out anyway. He is too busy now erasing his tracks to step down. Why give him the courtesy to allow him to resign on his own terms when he has screwed citizens of this state for decades, all at his benefit. Unless they come in handcuffs for him he isn’t going anywhere.