-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
"To reiterate (the elimination of cash bail), crimes that harm 'society at large' will not cut it, according to the language in the SAFE-T Act. As Ogle County State’s Attorney Mike Rock explains: 'A serial drunk driver who repeatedly drives on our streets while impaired must be released because we cannot specifically identify the individuals they are putting at risk. The same applies to drug dealers, gun traffickers, felons in possession of guns, serial arsonists, and many other violent criminals.'"
SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
FOLLOW US
WIREPOINTS ORIGINAL STORIES
Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
10 Comments
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
4 Comments
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
5 Comments
Summary and audio linked here.
Audio and summary
Not a “culture”, but a purposeful agenda of crime complacency.
Question: Does the SAFE-T act (or whatever it’s called) remove law enforcement (meaning police officers) qualified immunity?
The lawlessness and criminality that will result from having more people who’ve been arrested and charged with a crime out on the streets will fall hardest on our Black communities. Of course, in Illinois, that’s been an easy phenomenon to ignore since the woke-n-progressive-n-liberal crowd has made sure that you can’t even mention how coddling criminality has devastated Black communities without being labeled a racist. Thing is, releasing criminals from custody while they wait for a trial that will likely never actually happen is already a huge problem. Felon in possession of a firearm, assault, robbery, burglary, mob action –… Read more »
GG,
The dismal tide of the progressive agenda has been the best thing that ever happened to those who are employed in the dismal trade.
We call this bill ‘reparations’.