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In comparison, trends in suburban offices are less severe and leasing interest is picking up, brokers said. Some analysts expect the suburbs will emerge as a lower-rent alternative for companies eager to spread out their workforce post-pandemic.
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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.
Everyone blames covid but no one blames blm , the rioting, looting, burning or the mobs of black punks robbing, stealing and wilding. That’s what Lori cant control as she is only the mayor of the south and west side. This is all done on purpose in exchange for votes for the dummycrat party.
You might not know the west and south sides that well, because Lori has no control of them, nor is she the mayor of them. ☹️
Awesome!
1970 “Let’s move out of Chicago to Schaumburg/Naperville/Rosemont/etc.”
2015 “Let’s move back into The Loop! Rahm promises tax breaks!”
2020 “OMG! COVID-19, Work From Home, Riots, Taxes! Let’s move out of Chicago to Schaumburg/Naperville/Rosemont/etc.” ??♂️
In the Covid scared world Pritzker and Joe Biden promote, there is no need for Wacker and LaSalle to exist.
Downtown is Dead.
Section 8 housing is next.
Cops that do nothing are alive and well.
Let the fun and sun begin.