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“It’s something I’m incredibly proud of,” says Samir Mayekar, Lightfoot’s deputy mayor for economic and neighborhood development who says the money was “not spent in vain.” He also notes that the medical equipment is being stored and can be redeployed if needed.
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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.
Cheap if you consider government is doing the job.
Government is not here to work for the Public, The Public is here to work for Government.
Million dollar pensions are to be paid for by the honest hard working poor taxpayer.
Illinois “Land of Slavery”
The point of building the hospital was to provide patronage jobs to the illiterate, inbred Indiana, south suburban and southwest side union workers to insure campaign cash and further minority patronage to the Democratic Party of cook county. There was no need whatsoever for this nonsense.
Don’t forget to add in the $18 million Pritzker dropped on Chinese fake KN95 masks.
The money was spent in vain–it was spent to make sure that the national media would look favorably upon Pritzker and Lightfoot –to say they were at the ready.
At the ready? Seriously? all their attacks on the msm were uncalled for –but anything to make the Dems look like they “know” what they are doing.
We heard all these horror stories from nurses and doctors about overcrowding why were so few patients sent there? Something tells me the hospitals wanted the revenue and didn’t want to turn anyone away.
We might need McCormick Hospital one day. One never knows, when COVID-19 dramatically Increases ?☹️
We might need ten of them, so do you want to pay for the all even when current indications are that it won’t be needed?
There are lots of things I pay for, but don’t use. I wouldn’t be thrilled about paying for 10 hospitals, but understanding the possible need, I’d begrudgingly pay. ?
Well if nothing else, the “Poo” part of your moniker is beginning to make sense…
I’m glad you like “Poo”, which is an Asian surname. Richard Millersky is based on a well known person. ??