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Not without assurances from Chicago’s leaders, and not without a tangible reduction in crime. Not without an urgent plan, now, to bring the city back and not without buy-in from residents, employers, civic leaders and everyone who cares about this place. Divisiveness won’t cut it, nor will silence.
We used to hound Chicago’s mayors to focus on struggling communities and remind them downtown, for the most part, could fend for itself. That’s not true anymore.
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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.
“Assurances from Chicago leaders?”
Well, you’re screwed.
Turn Downtown Chicago into Section 8 housing for the poor.
Chicago is a goner, DOA.
No hope for Illinois or Chicago.
All the cops want to do it take their HUGE PENSIONS to Florida and live in a luxury home.
Check it out, you may not be able to find 1 retired cop living in the Shitty Of Chicago.
I attended a zoom neighborhood meeting about crime in the south loop. Over 100 concerned citizens attended. They were not allowed to speak. Questions were asked in advance and any questions critical of looters, tearing down statues, aggression of beggars, and other crime issues were not addressed. Sophia King and her sycophants were allowed to sugar coat the rising crime in the south loop with the commander doing the same. When I wrote an email complaining about the meeting I was given a lecture about first amendment rights of Jamal green who blocked traffic on Roosevelt and Columbus for 6… Read more »
Yep. It’s not just the politicians elected, it’s the people who elect them. Sometimes people just go bad and it’s best not to be around those people.
Sure, just as soon as the Trib comes up with a way to “socially distance” on an elevator. I propose bulldozing all those high-rise covid incubators downtown, along Lake Shore Drive, Marine Dive, Sheridan Rd etc. and then using the rubble to build those islands out in Lake Michigan that old man Daley’s Lakefront Plan called for. I am quite sure that the liberals that populate those pestilential palaces will be more than happy to do their fair share and give them up without asking any recompense in return. Now, I ask you, how much more sustainable can you get… Read more »