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Before Wednesday’s vote, Ald. Ray Lopez asked three questions: “Where the hell did the $112 million” go that the city has already spent on the migrant crisis? Where will this $51 million go? And what is the plan starting July 1, after the latest funds run out?
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
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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.
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The city is in freefall. Each day a new circle of chaos is embraced Lori has barely established herself as the Princeton Clam and Brandon is babbling about disinvestment and mitigation.the sun times and tribune are baffled they can’t sell,papers to a city that can’t read! Huh? I’ll be shocked if Chicago can
last to,Laborious Day.
Yes indeed – where DID all that money go?
Candidate Johnson said he would trim city budget “with fine-tooth comb” for overspending and waste. Mayor Johnson immediately featherbeds his administration with three new deputy mayors, requiring three new city departments to staff, equip, and run into ground.
Where DID all that money go? People should want to know, should call their alderperson and demand answer – maybe Wirepoints can start a ground-level protest campaign…
Folks, we’re witnessing the end of the Republic in real time. Taxes taken from you to pay for an invasion of foreigners. Why don’t we just get rid of the Army and spend the savings on relocating Mexico here?
Just make Mexico another state.
Yes, indeed. It took Rome many years to fall, but our American Empire will fail in a much shorter time if current events proceed at the clip they’ve been happening: “Rome ruled much of Europe around the Mediterranean for over 1000 years. However, the inner workings of the Roman Empire began to decline starting around 200 AD. By 400 AD Rome was struggling under the weight of its giant empire. The city of Rome finally fell in 476 AD…In 476 AD, a Germanic barbarian by the name of Odoacer took control of Rome. He became king of Italy and forced… Read more »
But in the East, the Roman Empire lasted for another 1,000 years. The Byzantines didn’t even call themselves Byzantines, that was a modern intention. They called themselves Romans up until the very end. And even as the Byzantine Empire collapsed, most residents fled, mostly westward, with their most valuable possessions, with tens of thousands of handwritten books and tomes and codexes, and the Byzantine diaspora showed up about the same time as the printing presses, thereby taking western Europe out of the Dark Ages, and ushering in the Renaissance. Your only goal is to get yourself, and your family, so… Read more »
Racists!
The abuse of citizen taxpayers by the marxists continues – they are treated as organ donors.
If your Abbott, DeSantis or Republican national party your busing migrants non-stop to Chicago like crazy til ’24’ dem convention…WOW, the migrant flood is a gift that keep giving and giving!!
Don’t underestimate the Republican party’s propensity to blow its opportunities.
They really do play like the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globe Trotters.
Instead they will focus on banning abortion and holding senate votes to cut social security and medicare. What could go wrong?
Do you believe everything you read in the left-wing news media? I would hope, that after spending so much time here, you would try to think critically for once. You know this is not true, this is fake news. Rand Paul is forcing votes to cut 5% of the federal budget. The fake news part is the Biden Regime telling The Hill to report that “Rand Paul wants to cut medicare and social security!” Come on, you know better than this.
They’re called the Stupid Party for a reason.
Rep party could simply set up web site where donars could sponsor a bus ticket for a migrant or full migrant family to Chicago for dem ’24’ convention!!
Why would I want to bring more illegal immigrants here? That’s more of a self-own than anything.
What is the tax revenue source city is tapping for $51m or the $112m for migrants?, COVID funds? Is using COVID funds for migrants legal? I could be wrong, but I believe one of the underlying stories is that city still has over $1 billion in COVID funds left, that behind the scenes a lot of groups are vying for (anti-violence groups, CTU, invest in dis-invested community bs, etc). All these groups where counting on CTU/Brandon to get in on the COVID cash$. Supposedly Lightfoot set aside $400m for anti-violence programs but has spent very little of it, another mystery… Read more »
I can’t believe what these people have done to the city. I’ve ridden my bicycle under the train tracks on Lake Street & Clinton for the past few days. The whole area is literally full of homeless people in some cookie cutter industrial tents. What is going on? I wanted to take some pictures and post them here, but it just felt wrong. Also, on my way home, some homeless person pitched a tent on the median at Ogden & Grand!
And the graffiti.
Last night WTTW /Chicago Tonight was saying that CTU/Brandon is going to bank real hard on passing his sales tax on realestate over $1m for BOTH homeless & migrant housing. Seems like a drop in the bucket and more reasons for well to do to move to Florida