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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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Maria Pappas is a speck of sunlight in a deep dark cave.
The point of the statement being that the cave is so massive and dark it absorbs just about any sunlight.
In addition to the Cook County Treasurer main (www.cookcountypropertyinfo.com) here are some additional resources on Cook County property taxing districts.
Cook County Property Tax Portal: http://www.cookcountypropertyinfo.com
Cook County Taxing District Financial Statements: http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/taxingdistrictsearchbyname.aspx
Cook County Tax Increment Financial Statements (TIF): http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/agency/tifs-tax-increment-financing