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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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The best way to establish precedent case law might be for an Illinois doxing victim of SPLC Hate Map to sue SPLC under this law. SPLC has made millions as plaintiffs in anti-free speech litigation. It would be interesting to learn their strategic arguments on the defendant side of such attacks. Many Illinois groups are labelled “Hate Groups” or Anti-Government” extremists (SPLC decides but does not disclose what proof is needed for such designations). These “Hate Groups” are doxed on SPLC Hate Maps. Financial damages are provable. Illinois Parental Rights groups are included in SPLC Hate Maps, so school boards… Read more »
Few Illinois juries would ever find SPLC guilty of anything.
of course. Few IL judges also.
But consider the outcomes: , if SPLC wins defending their rights to dox Illinois Parents Rights groups,, they have just established precedent in favor of free speech!
and with SPLC as defendant, you would have an experienced, highly successful legal team arguing in favor of free speech rights.