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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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Mayor BJ has made it abundantly clear that he is on the side of violent criminals. He cares nothing about crime victims.
So please explain this to me–why did Illinois get rid of the death penalty for cop killers and serial killers?
Saw that on the news……….real stand-up guy……..won’t even answer questions…….. recall really
This is a very telling video. In certain parts
Of the Chicago area or any area, you walk into a kitchen at night and flip on the lights.
What do you see, the roaches scurrying away
And looking for darkness and cover.
This immediately becomes the video of
Brandon running, gotta be proud of the idiot
Chicago elected. Enjoy Chicago!
Mayor Cut and Run will do so, and push others away from the press, when the questions get a little too complicated. He had no problem hustling Snelling away from the mic when things got a little sticky and Snelling began to falter a while back.