Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
Will there ever be a time when a story about teacher unions does not lead with what else they are demanding from the taxpayers who pay their bills?
Not if they are doing their job right. They represent their members and it’s their job to get them the best possible deal each and every negotiation.
If only their members were so devoted to doing their job right.
Over 97 percent of them are proficient or excellent. According to their employer they are doing their job. Your assessment is meaningless and appropriately, holds no weight.
Yes, we’ve heard it all before. The voters! 97% proficient! And none of it changes the fact that 80% of kids cannot read at grade level. Or the fact that teachers are paid to do a job that isn’t getting done.
Correction please, this is widely know throughout the US as the Illinois sh.. show.
Waka, Waka.
Everyone knows the $50B is a silly demand. CPS should consolidate or close severely under-utilized schools and should implement other efficiencies; then, use those savings to pass on to the teachers and other staff. That way, the $50B demand becomes a $0B demand or thereabouts.
BUT that actually is a solution and makes sense!!!!!!!!!1