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The city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications said in a news release at 6:39 p.m. that the Central Business District was closed to incoming vehicular traffic from Division to 18th Street and from DuSable Lake Shore Drive to Halsted Street, citing "public safety due to large car caravans."
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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Too bad the young folks don’t respect the Fourth of July as much as they do Mexican Independence Day. That would be nice since they are all in this country enjoying the benefits of living here.
Unmitigated complete clusterfuck of disaster by Mayor BJ administration. Worse than worst of worst CPS HS administrations.
These guys couldn’t find their way out of a paper lunch bag.
Let’s invoke a “return to Mexico” program for all the fine folks celebrating and breaking our laws.
Why aren’t all these people being mass arrested for blocking traffic
I had to laugh at the comment by the OMEC “”We also remind everyone that drag racing and drifting are not only illegal, but dangerous,” the agency said. “Anyone in violation of the ordinance will be held accountable.””
“Held accountable” What a laugh!