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The first sideshow closed down the intersection of 25th Street and Martin Luther King Drive around 1:45 a.m. A large group of cars clogged the streets as people watched drivers spinning donuts in a laser-lit, mortar-adorned spectacle. About 45 minutes later, another sideshow popped up at Wacker and Columbus drives in the Loop.
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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I don’t understand why this isn’t stopped! These just don’t spontaneously pop up. Location and time is coordinated on social media. Are Lori and her administration just too fkn stupid?
Yes!!
These are happening in major cities across the country not just Chicago. San Jose city council passed an ordinance this year charging people that are responsible for advertising these races on social media to act as a deterrent. Not sure how that’s working out (punishment is too mild) but seems to make more sense to target these promoters rather than play whack-a-mole every time one of these pops up. If the deterrent doesn’t work then the punishment probably isn’t tough enough. Trying to follow and track every social media post to catch criminals is not way to keep a city… Read more »
I thought CPD had some centralized department to monitor internet traffic for miscreants. I think it had all the bells and whistles money could buy! It was touted as the best in the city!