Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joins Tom Miller’s Morning Show on WJPF in Carbondale. They discussed pensions, COVID and a ballot initiative by the Illinois Opportunity Project to allow voters to recall elected officials.
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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.
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.
I would believe in recalls if election counting and election corruption were not a reality. Everyone knows that elections can no longer be trusted to be valid. There is no chain of custody in ballots, hidden software does the counting, equipment is connected to the Internet ballots can be inserted on the fly. In the presidential election my wife and I both received Mali in ballots which we sent in, then we also went and voted in person because we didn’t trust that the mail in ballot wouldn’t be thrown in a garbage can. We didn’t go vote in person… Read more »
This is juvenile. Recall is the least of our needs. We need a constitutional convention that can take care of the redundant, excessive taxing bodies, trim pensions over 100G, put in term limits, have public financing of campaigns, limit lobbying, and a host of other things. Mere recall isn’t enough. We need a slate of new candidates who are not nuts, and who want to help this state get out from under decades of the thievery and mismanagement. The recall movements attracts sketchy people. We need thoughtful, committed leaders who will spare the poor of taking the brunt of the… Read more »
You’ve listed a lot of needs, but no solutions. Recall would be a major step forward.