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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.
More money will be given to the black caucus for their support of blm Antifa stuff. The budget basically defunds police as blm wanted. Fewer cops are needed as the feral community wants social workers. Wait until the first crazy dopehead with a gun shoots a social worker, it will cost us millions. This was engineered by Sophia King. Money was given for fake violence interrupting programs to gang lover Jason Ervin. This is what Lori, Sophia King and her blm supporters in the city council want. This is the plan for south and west side patronage to get Lori… Read more »
How? Ain’t no Republicans in City Hall. Ain’t no Republican alders either. Trump 2020
Give the community the social workers and move the cops elsewhere. Easy least.
cx: easy peasy
Just listened to Lester Holt’s interview with president elect Joe Biden. Biden said “The ability to make sure we get immediate assistance to state and local governments to keep them from basically going under”. To me that sounds like a bailout of some kind which will depend on the outcome in Georgia. That is why no one ever speaks about reforms in Illinois government. Keep spending like there’s no tomorrow because someone else will always pay the bill.