Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Chicago Public Schools did not agree to a districtwide threshold to shutter schools as the union had wanted. It also refused to implement a testing program that would automatically sign up students and require parents to opt out. The question of whether union members will receive pay for the four canceled days of classes will be left up to district CEO Pedro Martinez.
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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.
Well, the vile hateful imp caved in to the CTU in record time. She only lasted a few days on this one. The last time she lasted about a week. Following this trend, the next time she will give them everything they first threaten an illegal wildcat strike.
Both sides declare victory, them simultaneously claim it’s for the children!
Does this indicate Lori will return to her favorite hobby of tormenting the police?
Yeah. Opening Chicago Schools. Wait, is this good? Ugh…
Get paid? They shoud be penalized instead.
Lori, do not pay them for not working. They already won the battle, do not cave and offer more…