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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.
Let’s see….The teachers go on strike if they are forced to go to a classroom and teach. Parents are then stuck finding someone to watch their kids and the teachers are not getting paid. Normally this is a solid strategy for the CTU as it applies pressure on the mayor and the board to make concessions to get kids back in the classroom. However, in this case meeting the teachers demands still doesn’t get kids back in the classroom. All it does is get the teachers paid and kids are still home with no end in site. Chicago could save… Read more »
CTU are the worst of public sector unions. They steal form the parents while hiding behind the kids. Bust this union. Fire them all. Start over. The highest paid big city teachers in the nation deliver the most poorly educated kids in the nation. Throwing more money at the greedy vermin of CTU is the worst solution.