Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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“I thought I was prepared,” she said. “I studied. I’d worked in city government before so I wasn’t a neophyte coming into this job. But until you really get in and look under that proverbial hood to really understand the facts and what the immediate challenges are, it’s a very different thing.”
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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
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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.
The best thing that can happen to any candidate stupid enough to run for mayor of Chicago is to lose. You would need 100% turnover of all elected leaders, plus 20 years, to make a small dent in the woes that plague the once great city.
Blame Trump…or Rahm…or Daley..or Jayne…damn it! It can’t be my fault.
She thought she’d be hanging out with Meghan Markle, instead she got Danny Solis.
In other words she had no idea! But she was the most qualified!