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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.
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.
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It’s really quite a fascinating interview. I listened to the whole thing. She is found-mouthed and blunt, but apparently candid and even principled in a way, in the sense that she sticks to what she believes. A good insight into the mess that is the progressive left. Listen to the whole thing here. https://art19.com/shows/the-ben-joravsky-show/episodes/bf376c81-4e78-4e27-ba87-8b0cb8fbcee2
It *was* pretty “interesting”… change names/location and it sounds like a screed from by someone conducting a marxist/maoist “self – criticism” session… I’ve heard very similar from former communist East German/Soviet Politburo members… “betrayed”… “solidarity”… “principles”… etcetera… Also, nothing new, but I’m still amazed that she’s blaming everything on “race” – she sincerely *believes* all the anti – white/capitalist claptrap she spouts… I *did* snicker when she slammed Ultimate Narcissist Obama… I mean how f*ckin’ naive can a person be…!!!??? Besides all that, it might be somewhat amusing to have her for a drinking buddy, lol… she knows how to… Read more »
Yes ma’am, you are correct; you all look stupid and incompetent.
LOL they are stupid. They’re all low IQ. They’d be better of taking the business community’s bribes and campaign cash and doing whatever they want. At least the city would be better run and better of for it, despite the insane corruption aka Chicago from 1890-2018.
Not a lot of confidence in CTU/Brandon & his crew if you go on Capfax either. I’m sure fat boy’s sweating with dem convention on the line.
Yes, even those commenters, which are mostly establishment, state government Dems (Miller rigs the comments to block most others), clearly show that they know what a shitshow Chicago is. They could step in and fix it since the state has overriding power on most everything, but they don’t, leaving their nonfeasance on full display.
We can only hope for the best – God bless the cops who will have to deal with the convention next summer.