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The restaurant industry is the largest private sector employer in the state of Illinois, employing more than 594,000 people before the pandemic. "I've personally guaranteed every single thing, me and my husband. I have three kids. This is our future, this is our present," said Beverly Kim, whose Michelin-starred dining room hasn't seated a customer in nearly seven months. "We are very proud people and we don't like to ask for help. And we're asking for help."
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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.
Apply to become a Chicago Cop or Firemen. Lots of jobs available, soon many will be retiring.
Nancy Pelosi and Schumer and of course the nationwide Dems have to not put it towards pensions of states that do not know how to run a state–ILLINOIS is one. Nancy Pelosi put quite a bit of money in the first stimulus package towards useless not related to Covid at all. They just think free money!!.
So the Governor decides to cut off the restaurants’ lifeline by not allowing them to open. Next we see the article spin to Federal help is needed. Why not instead put the blame where the blame is due and that is right on Pritzker and Lightfoot. They caused the problem, not Trump yet ABC has to spin it into another orange man bad attack.
Seriously!
Nothing tosee here. Democrats normal way of operation. Screw everything up, blame someone else. Right now if it’s a rainy or cloudy day it’s Trump’s fault. Pritzger is the spawn of Satan who is causing economical pain and suffering in the restaurant biz. Lightfoot destroying Chicago block by block. Thank you to voters who voted for The Pig and Lightloafers.