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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.
One thing experts seem to lack is an understanding how things really work. Anyone involved in delivering elderly health care could map out the hurdles that will slow and delay the actual immunization of the residents of these facilities. Of course getting consent is a major issue in a population not capable of independent living. Getting the responsible family members to agree is another challenge. Getting staff or hiring contractors with staff to do the immunizations costs money in a resource starved environment that should have been addressed. Did anyone do anything to prepare the nursing homes for the task… Read more »
Thank you governor. This is your handy work.
Learned all from Cuomo.
It is insanity to completely shut down so many businesses in Illinois when the most impacted population is locked up in nursing homes. I hope the voters take their revenge on our arrogant Governor, who has now said the restrictions will remain in place through the holidays.
Doctors, nurses, health care workers have performed valiantly in the crisis. Public health establishment/government have been a massive failure.
If nursing home residents are the main covid victims it makes sense to close the gyms, restaurants, schools, legislature and businesses but leave mass transit, airport bars and of course the nursing homes alone