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Cities dedicate resources to investigations and arrests, but this only addresses a sliver of the problem — especially since, in Chicago, the likelihood of an arrest is very low. Five out of every six victims survive.
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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.
This is absurd on multiple levels. Formulate a cohesive plan? Throw in a little mitigation, scabodolitz, and more investment in the community; all is well. The answer is always $$$.
Dumbest comment from the article came from the first victim who said he was shot because of, wait for it, racism. Black guy shot by other black guy equals racism unless of course the shooter was some demented farm boy from rural Illinois who was asserting his white supremacist privilege. Dumb article.
“…a fundamental issue of human rights and the failure of our government to protect human rights on individual and collective and community level” is crap. Stop shooting each other. Find other opportunities. They exist especially in today’s environment the world is bending over backwards to give BIPOC opportunities. People escape the ‘hood all the time. Don’t join gangs and don’t shoot people. Most of the third world lives on less than a $1 a day, and somehow manages to have crime rates far lower than the urban Chicago. I also like how the guy claims that Racism was the cause… Read more »