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Comment: We wrote here just yesterday about how dishonest the ballot is. The filed complaint is linked here.
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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.
“The amendment does not itself change tax rates. It gives the State the ability to impose higher tax rates on those with higher income levels and lower income tax rates on those with middle or lower income levels.”
So, the amendment doesn’t raise tax rates, but it allows imposing higher tax rates.
Which would mean, YES, it will mean higher tax rates.??♂️
But if you’re fool enough to think your taxes won’t go up, vote yes. Just don’t cry when, you know, your taxes go up.
What? You can’t understand “Do you not not want a tax hike? Y/N”?
The tax hike on the ballot is so confusing I suspect many people will skip over it. Not sure who that helps.
One question, why did they wait so long to file a lawsuit. It will get held up in the courts and the election will be done and over, I don’t get it, what am I missing.
I agree…
It’s highly doubtful a judge will remove this from the ballot…