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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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No trees? No places to hang nooses!
A golf course is the perfect tribute to obama
As Lake Shore Drive winds it’s way from the Museum of Science and Industry south through Jackson Park, it is worth noting the great number of trees close to the road that are scarred at headlight level from being hit by cars. Jackson Park is a place where trees are endangered.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around what the Obama Center represents. First AA president? I can see that. Library? Seems rather giant for a library that wont even have his records. Monument to community organizing? Um the community is not organized and in complete chaos after 50 years of organizing, it would have to be a sick joke. So what is this thing all about?
Are White Oak trees racist? Can a Black Walnut tree commit a hate crime? Can a Red Maple tree identify as Elizabeth Warren?
Obammy cuts down the trees while Larry Lightfoot spouts nonsense about “tree equity“