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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Lightfoot has an active army of 60+ CPD officers protecting her family and home. Me, I’d like 60+ officers actively patrolling Streeterville’s 60611 zip code zone. It’s frankly dangerous outside my front door. This week, every day, we’ve got a gang of teenagers roaming Streeterville, mugging and beating people they encounter in day-light hours. And Preckwinkle? Well, not only is her son a notorious gangbanger and chronic “Bad Neighbor”, but his wife was just arrested in Georgia for murder. Nice family you got there Toni. And Foxx? Well she’s the protegee of Cabrini Green gang-leadership, mentored and financially-supported by those… Read more »
Astounding, report states the few kids who have been caught were released w no charges. More kimmie flops or cpd flops for all the astronomical $ spent?
Lori is a happy camper, the Afganistan fiasco has provided her a respite from being vilified in the world press. Instead of her photo, we get pictures of tribal warlords. Can you tell the difference? Maybe she’ll come out somewhere for a photo op in her Ton Ton Macoutes fedora. The hat brings her luck at dice
Lori and Lil Kim better get their act together quick, or no one will want to live in the loop, work there or visit it. If businesses lose employees then they’ll leave as well. These thugs need to be dealt with severely, or this behavior will be replicated by all the other hooligans.
I’m waiting for the day which will be soon when these little punks rob the wrong group of people and end up dead, shot to death unfortunately by law abiding citizens and watch BLM AND ANTIFA come out of the woodwork and destroy Chicago again.