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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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Been thinking about this. The DNC, who will hold their National Convention in Chicago in 2024. The 2020 riots are fresh in the minds of the Chicago Police. The DNC are going to ask officers to keep the peace, for a party that HATES THEM, as shown by the daily press conferences of Lori Lightfoot and her ilk. Never in my life did I think, with the murder and destruction that I witnessed, would I see the Mayor of Chicago, malign and impugn the police for their attempts to protect lives and community’s. What Chicago police were put through, injures,… Read more »
While I can’t predict the future, I don’t see 2024 riots at the DNC convention. The ’68 riots were fundamentally about the Vietnam war, and the kids protested against the establishment. They didn’t want to go to war. Only one person died and there were some injuries in the scuffles. Not to defend the riots, but they were just kids camping in the park, and Daley went a little authoritarian, after having dealt with the insane race riots in April several months earlier that burned down much of the west side after MLK was shot, with widespread looting. The 2020… Read more »
Thank you, Officers – we citizens respect and appreciate your service and your family’s sacrifices so we can feel safe.
You are valued.
I hope all these officers know that the overwhelming percentage of their fellow man hold them in high regard and appreciate their service. No one would blame them if they sought refuge in a deeply conservative state that values law and order.