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The resolution references disgraced Chicago police commander Jon Burge and to “redirect funds from policing and incarceration to public services.” A committee passed the resolution Monday night 16-1.
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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 have a theory. The defund movement has little to do with alleged systemic issues. Instead, the alleged systemic issues are being used as the reason to shift money around to other areas in the government budget. It is about a lack of revenue or revenue growth that is fueling the movement. If I am right the defund movement will not end with the police. Anyone else have this thought as well?
Typical. Funds should be removed from sheriff’s office as county jail is about 2/3 less full. Guards and support staff should be reduced too. But how about money being returned to taxpayers instead of being redirected to some feel good causes that no one voted for.