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“The fact is that local officials who are not doing the right thing are the ones who are going to be responsible for the rates of infection going through the roof, and our hospitals getting overrun and people are dying if they don't enforce the rules,” Pritzker said during his daily briefing in Chicago. “That is why those rules exist.”
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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.
JB, know that many of us are on the way out… And when we are gone, and the sources of revenue evaporate, you can look in the mirror and know what an abject and utter failure you are as a leader. See, you thought because you inherited an unfathomable sum of money it made you smart… It’s so silly it is almost funny. Except it’s not… Because your stupidity has (and is) destroyed the lives of people who worked hard, took a RISK with the capital they EARNED and saw success yanked from their grasp by a guy who doesn’t… Read more »
Governor Pritzker..You have a problem. Take a look behind you, nobody is following you.
He is too large to see behind him.It is both physical and mental.
Did that guy playing the tuba quit following Governor Slobbo around? I thought it was cute!
They are not laws.
In pritzkers mind they are.