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David Greising, of the Better Government Association: "'Voice but not veto' is the phrase Lightfoot’s transition committee used to describe the proper role of aldermen in such matters. The mayor’s voice is not particularly strong right now. Political miscalculations, losses in the City Council and in Springfield, and a temperament that has caused her to make enemies and lose friends, have cost her."
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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.
Mark:
It is time to stop acknowledging anything that the Tribune says as being relevant to the interests of Chicago or its taxpayers. It is nothing but a multi-national rag that looks out for nothing more than the interests of multi-national corporations.
You are giving the Tribune too much credit. It doesn’t do a decent job of covering national or international news, and given that it has rid of itself of experienced reporters, the inexperienced ones they have hired out of journalism school can’t get beyond the narratives they learned in journalism school.