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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.
Hey dumbass maybe opening up the economy fully would help plug the hole you created!
Chicago: where our problems are your problems.
Chicago deserves nothing and the city and state employees have been off work since March. Why isn’t this theft of services investigated by Ferguson and the inspector general ? Because they are not working either.
Lori Lightweight is in over her head. The rest of the country isn’t interested in bailing out Chicago.
And let’s hope the Federal budget decision-makers carry out that stance. Else they are pandering to the Broke as well as the Woke.
This is an emergency that justifies freezing the salary hikes built into the collective bargaining agreements.
Which should have happened decades ago, and should have lasted until pensions were fully funded.
Why should the tax dollars from my elderly mother in Ohio bail out the City of Chicago?
All resources, including your mom belong to Chicago Teachers Union.