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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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According to Crain’s Burke won. No surprise.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/eileen-oneill-burke-wins-cook-county-states-attorney-race
So where are all the wackos claiming the fix is in? Was it fixed for Burke? Just keep spreading the lies even though you’re wrong. Keep wearing those tin foil hats believing that elections are stolen. lol
The only thing going on here is Toni Preckwinkle is sending a message to Burke by dragging this election out. The message is toe the line when you are in office or I can make it very difficult for you. Burke won this back on the 19th
The fix is in
Wrong. Burke won you clown. Maybe the AP is in on it too. lol