Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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The Arizona-based company failed to get buyers their titles withing a 20-day period specified under law, and in some cases were between four and six months late, a spokesman for the Illinois Secretary of State said. He said Carvana unlawfully issued purchasers temporary vehicle registrations from other states, causing some customers to be ticketed after those temporary registrations expired after 90 days.
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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.
Carvana reminds me of the claw machines where nobody can grab a 10 cent rancid smelling bear but parents spend $20 to keep some crying kid from having a tantrum. Maybe we should have a large claw machine full of politicians. Hopefully one with a broken claw.
Carvana has all kinds of problems, and these issues seem to be the tip of the iceberg. Those car dispensary towers were such an expensive gimmick and its not surprising their entire business model was a gimmick too.
Lol, sounds like it was managed by the city council!