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Gov. JB Prtizker leaned into the culture wars Tuesday night, headlining a Democratic get-out-the-vote effort at the Baton Show Lounge for a drag show and political rally.
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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When I don’t think he can get any lower; he does.
No amendment on the ballot for term limits or to prevent gerrymandering or to address the public pension crisis or extreme (pervasive) political corruption in IL, etc—-just some crazy thing to give public unions, even more power in IL, even tho they already “own” our politicians ….craven, hard-ball action to bring out dem voters in an off-year election….sick, twisted and consistent with the actions of our political class
Once upon a time politicians cared about appearances and I don’t mean their weight.
It was an 18+ event. Why didn’t JB advocate for an all-ages show? Unless…
You know, our Sportsman’s Club and Range invited him to appear at our annual fall Blindfolded Turkey Shoot to Benefit Widows and Orphans banquet dinner, but he said he had a prior engagement….
Illinois gets funnier by the day. With a decent media this would be on the front page of every Illinois newspaper but…well you know
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