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A task force formed by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection conducted 55 investigations of bars and restaurants this weekend, officials said. Each citation comes with a $10,000 fine.
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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.
The 19th ward, at the request of the mayor, is trying to open a lesbian bar on Western Ave. Closing “Cork and Kerry” and opening up “Camel Toe” will bring more diversity and needed change to an undiverse one sided community. The new owner, Wilma Fingerdue, hopes to bring diversity to the neighborhood and a new base to the LGBTQ movement. I support women’s softball, tattooing and late term abortion, Fingerdue said. A new southside LGBTQ parade may also be in the works. Stay tuned.
Were people 6 feet apart at BLM protests, marches, looting, rioting, and while aggressively confronting the police?
No $10,000 fines for them failing to maintain 6 feet separation, and in fact there was not even a recommendation to do so.
But $10,000 fines for restaurants to not keep patrons 6 feet apart.
Lightfoot favors BLM protestors over restaurant owners and protecting the police.
Lightfoot sucks.
Another white bar shut down by lori’s storm troopers. The west and south side and Wacker drive drinking and smoking parties continue untouched. As are the wildings and attacks on police. And Loris psychopaths block traffic on columbus and Roosevelt and order pizzas and the police do nothing. The rise in covid cases is caused entirely by Loris permanent victim class who refuse to follow rules. Everyone is afraid to say anything.
Did those sociopaths chucking frozen water bottles, batteries, and canned goods at the police in Grant Park get citations?
Or was that a consequence free environment? Priorities.
michael Pigott the deputy chief of police, formerly failed commander of the first district and clout baby of indicted Ed Burke has continually refused to arrest criminals because he doesn’t want to be in trouble with the BLM Marxist domestic terrorist organization. He needs to resign.