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The lawsuit states there is no “legitimate governmental interest” in compelling the signage. It quotes Rep. Mike Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat, who defended the provision in a committee hearing by saying an Illinoisan may see the sign and “maybe they’ll read about the good things we did.”
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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Hahahahaa, all they see is gas that costs $5.29 a gallon like at the Shell by me, they just get angry when they think that the suspension in the increase in the gas tax was the result of Springfield Democrats. These people are so clueness, they have no idea what’s coming for them. I’m not sure gerrymandering will save them. I’ve never seen so much anger against democrats in my life. I thought 2010 tea party anger was something but this anger now dwarfs even that.
This may be one reason for rising prices
https://autos.yahoo.com/gas-prices-keep-climbing-while-152500043.html