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Siri Hibbler, the chamber of commerce’s president, said businesses in the area were struggling long before coronavirus hit. But the pandemic, looting and the now the uptick in violence and drugs may be the final straw. “No matter how many [community policing] meetings they go to, how many complaints they give to the commander … the businesses are not being protected."
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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 drug business is Chicago’s largest employer right now.
No businesses will invest any money in Illinois anymore.
Huge taxes have destroyed most opportunities for the honest hard working taxpayer and their families.
Move a business into Illinois and right away you are in debt to the Government to pay for Multi-Million dollar pensions that you had nothing to do with. Most every other state looks much better to do business in.
I love Garfield Park in the dark.
Contact Antifa and the domestic terrorist Marxist blm organization who you all support to take care of your problems. Yiu hate the police Siri go take care of the drug market yourselves with social workers and community activists.
When the politicians neuter the cops guess what happens. The results are evident. Over 600 murders and almost 3300 people shot in 2020 in Chicago. Lightfoot, Foxx, Preckwinkle and a majority of the city council want to defund the CPD and are trying to fire or indict every cop they can to appease the voting base (guess who they are). Welcome to the war zone, thank you politicians.
But BLM amirite?
The Chicago Police Department isn’t allowed to police anymore. CPD can’t assist you, Siri Hibbler. Try contacting the many governmental, societal, community and fraternal Black groups instead. ?