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Thousands of street vendors in Chicago sell corn, shaved ice, tamales and other items in neighborhoods like Little Village, Pilsen and Albany Park. Vendors say the requirements to licensing are a high bar; they include selling prepackaged items prepared in a commercial kitchen, which goes against the nature of cutting up corn and slathering it in mayo and cheese or dressing up fruit with spices while the customer is watching. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Illegal aliens robbing legal immigrants — doesn’t get more Chicago than that
Hmm, I would think M13 knows how handle a few hood rats in short order….
Import the third world, become the third world. These people complain about basic food sanitation requirements, basic licensing issues, and of course, none of them pay any taxes whatsoever or declare this income on their taxes. Your ancestors were not fencing stolen socks on the street corners for a couple of dollars. This is literally the most degenerate, lowest form of capitalism the world has to offer.