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Mayoral advisor Jason Lee said the “main trigger” for impounding the bus was the lack of a necessary permit through the Chicago Department of Transportation, but that it also arrived outside the city’s drop-off window. Now, those buses “shall be subject to seizure and impoundment,” according to the ordinance passed Wednesday, and fined $3,000 on top of storage and towing fees.
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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I just know Chicago will welcome all these immigrants!
Welcome to a free society… Well, as long as you do exactly what “they” say… And, TPG is correct, the immigrants should go to Evanston… Sheesh, they might even be eligible for reparations…
My liberal utopia downstate area could use a few too.
Easy solution. Dump the criminal illegal aliens at the city limits. Oak Park and Evanston are terrific locations.