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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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It’s never a problem when you are surrounded by security. All the them have a security detail to keep the car warm and keep the teens and young adults from attacking you.
Here is the video of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans speaking at the Union League Club of Chicago on January 28, 2022.
“Chief Judge Evans discusses violence in Chicago and proposes solutions in policy.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuh1O3mPBOg
Will this hit piece on Judge Evan change his mind and his progressive values? probably not. Will a now irritated Judge Evan double-down on his progressive values? Most likely