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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Best way to prove it’s to keep the kids safe is for aldermen to stipulate all the money from red light tickets go to a charity like Ronald McDonald House or Make A Wish Foundation. The kids would still be safe, speeders would make a dying child’s wish a reality, and it would remove the appearance of their being a conflict of interest.
One of the most dangerous tasks a police officer can perform is the routine traffic stop. Groot is trying to get officers killed
These are speed camera tickets. No officers will be pulling people over for these tickets. Just a means to print money.
“This is about keeping communities safe” says the bug-eyed SJW who doesn’t hide her disdain for the police force truly charged with keeping the city safe.
Do not listen to what they say, pay attention to what they do.
Ya ok just like it’s about the children. B.S