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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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Another example of politicians passing laws that they have no clue about. Just make it easier for the so called less privileged minorities to get out of jail free for a multitude of crimes so they can be out and commit more crimes. Read CWBCHICAGO.com and see the everyday stories about crime and the effects of catch and release are having on society. It will make you sick to see what a mockery the so called justice system is in Illinois..
I told you, unintended consequences throughout the rest of the state. No Appellate Court judge wants to be the guy who releases a hardened criminal back onto the street to commit more crimes over some technicality in the SAFE-T Act. They’ve mostly been upholding the law so far, and now that they are telling defense lawyers to stop filing ‘frivolous’ appeals, this policy of upholding detentions is getting put into place. My guess is that the IL Supreme Court, filled with liberal hack judges paid for by the Democrat Party, will hear a few cases and set the standard to… Read more »
Maybe judges can ignore the Illinois Supreme Court like dimwit biden does to rulings of the US Supreme Court
The IL supreme court will most certainly make examples, and remove, judges who refuse to get with the progressive agenda. Liberalism is authoritarianism.