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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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Please cover story of young white couple who were beaten in Streeterville Fri night at 8:30 pm by a gang of black teens at corner of McClurg/Grand. Kicked and punched, hair pulled out, badly beaten by black teens roaming street who then targeted this couple. Folks, this was an obvious hate crime. Both husband and wife attacked, both injured, wife also miscarried. Only Fox News is carrying story so far, in its Monday night online coverage today, as interview with injured wife. This is a story which shouldn’t be gnored by media, or dismissed by Mayor Johnson as “rambunctious teens”.… Read more »
Concealed carry is the only answer when the police don’t exist. Shoot each and every one of this verminous scum gang. The world will be better for it.
ABC. It’s so boring and predictable. But for the unaware, keep an eye and ear on those propagandist news clowns.
It’s hard to say which Chicago local “ news” is the worst. They are all complicit in covering up the actual news.
Nvm