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Lightfoot’s comments came as a surprise since she criticized the effort to rename Lake Shore Drive on Friday by saying the council has more important things to deal with.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Why not just name a landfill on his behalf. A $40m park will just fill up with chip bags and cognac bottles. Why spend money when you can have it free!
Chicago is broke, Illinois is broke, pensions are underfunded, crime is rampant, but yet these nitwit politicians are going to spend 40 million dollars on a park. Chicago and Illinois politicians are nothing more then a bunch of corrupt union run morons.