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Overall, said Ald. Brian Hopkins, there were 86 arrests related in some way to the Mexican Independence Day celebrations. The majority, he added, were gun-related (unlawful use of a weapon), and most of the rest were for disorderly conduct, though one officer was assaulted. On the Southwest Side, businesses on a mile-long stretch of Pulaski Road were tagged with “vile graffiti” while motorists were drag racing, “doing doughnuts” and throwing bottles at police, said local Ald. Silvana Tabares.
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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as a city resident, on the positive side, Mexican Independence celebration was relatively under control compared to curtain other unnamed groups “wilding” downtown. Personally, I don’t have a big problem with folks driving around with big flags, honking horns and shooting off a few fireworks on a couple days of the year. In my hood, folks are doing the same thing on the 4th of July.
Mayor BJ’s supposed tolerance and benign support to mayhem caused by a small segment of Chicago’s Mexican-American community won’t buy him Hispanic votes.
Wow, is there a 4th of July celebration in Mexico City?
Yes, the American Embassy holds a posh invitation – only diplomatic reception for the elite diplomatic/govenmental community – otherwise it’s “crickets”…
Mexican Independence Day Was Celebrated Downtown And Other Parts Of The City — With Non-Stop Horn Honking, Traffic Blocking Car Caravans, Dangerous Driving And Reckless Car Stunts, Illegal Guns, Stabbings, Gang Members, Mob Violence, Drugs, And Numerous Violent Assaults On Police Officers, With Many Of Them Involving Career Criminals — BUT MAYOR JOHNSON HAS NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THAT – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago