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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.
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.
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And just like across the nation, the common denominator is Blacks. Call me a racist if you like but hard facts do not care about your feelings.
I smile at the so called investigatetive reporter. Will there be any follow up on any of this. NO. Why would the administeration of Rockford goverment care one bit about this problem. They believe that renovating the river district will take care of all the problems . Lets start very basic, what does the family structure look like. What does the public school system look like, are children really getting ready to go out in life and function. There is always good and evil . Decades have gone by throwing money at issues and nothing is changed. The solution is… Read more »